Hiring For Medical Coding Freshers

NTT DATA, Inc.; Chennai; On-site; INR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a Medical Coder in Chennai to transform diagnoses and procedures into standard medical codes. The role focuses on creating a uniform vocabulary and reviewing clinical statements for accurate coding, enabling consistent documentation across facilities.

The candidate should have a life sciences or nursing background and strong English communication. The schedule aligns with Indian working hours, with potential overtime depending on client needs.

Qualifications

• Understand diagnoses and convert to standard medical codes.
• Create uniform vocabulary for describing causes of injury, illness and death.
• Review clinical statements to assign standard codes.

Responsibilities

• Read patient diagnoses documentation to determine proper codes.
• Transform diagnoses, procedures, medical services and equipment into alphanumeric codes.
• Create uniform vocabulary to describe causes of injury, illness and death.
• Enable uniform documentation between medical facilities.
• Review clinical statements and assign standard codes.

Skills

Medical coding

Documentation comprehension

English communication

Education

Life science/Nursing degree

Job description

In this Role you will be Responsible For :

• The coder reads the documentation to understand the patient's diagnoses assigned
• Transforming of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes
• Creating uniform vocabulary for describing the causes of injury, illness & death is the role of medical coders
• Medical coding allows for Uniform documentation between medical facilities
• The main task of a medical coders is to review clinical statements and assign standard Codes

Requirements of the role include:

• 0 -1 Year of experience in any Healthcare BPO
• University degree or equivalent that required 3+ years of formal studies in Life science/BPT/Pharm/Nursing
• Good knowledge in human Anatomy/Physiology
• 1+ year(s) of experience using a computer with Windows PC applications that required you to use a keyboard, navigate screens, and learn new software tools
• Ability to work scheduled shifts from Monday-Friday 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM IST and the shift timings can be changed as per client requirements.
• Flexibility to accommodate overtime and work on weekends basis business requirement.
• Ability to communicate (oral/written) effectively in English to exchange information with our client