Huge Opening | IPDRG coders | Bangalore

CorroHealth; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

CorroHealth in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Medical Coder to review inpatient records and assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes, ensuring accurate DRG assignment and reimbursement.

You will abstract and code diagnoses, procedures, complications, and discharge dispositions, maintain HIPAA compliance, and stay updated with guideline changes while supporting CDI teams and internal audits.

Qualifications

• Review inpatient medical records to assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes.
• Analyze clinical documentation to ensure DRG assignment and reimbursement.
• Abstract and code diagnoses, procedures, complications, comorbidities, and discharge dispositions.
• Maintain compliance with coding guidelines, payer regulations, and client requirements.
• Identify opportunities for documentation improvement with CDI teams.

Responsibilities

• Review inpatient medical records and assign accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes.
• Analyze clinical documentation to ensure appropriate DRG assignment and reimbursement.
• Abstract and code diagnoses, procedures, complications, comorbidities, and discharge dispositions.
• Ensure coding accuracy in accordance with official coding guidelines, payer regulations, and client requirements.
• Perform coding quality reviews and maintain productivity and accuracy standards.
• Query physicians when documentation is incomplete, inconsistent, or unclear.
• Identify opportunities for documentation improvement and collaborate with Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) teams.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, patient confidentiality, and healthcare regulations.
• Stay updated with coding guideline changes, DRG updates, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in internal audits, training programs, and quality initiatives.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Review inpatient medical records and assign accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes.


• Analyze clinical documentation to ensure appropriate DRG assignment and reimbursement.


• Abstract and code diagnoses, procedures, complications, comorbidities, and discharge dispositions.


• Ensure coding accuracy in accordance with official coding guidelines, payer regulations, and client requirements.


• Perform coding quality reviews and maintain productivity and accuracy standards.


• Query physicians when documentation is incomplete, inconsistent, or unclear.


• Identify opportunities for documentation improvement and collaborate with Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) teams.


• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, patient confidentiality, and healthcare regulations.


• Stay updated with coding guideline changes, DRG updates, and regulatory requirements.


• Participate in internal audits, training programs, and quality initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Certification preferred: