Medical Coder

Annova Solutions; Chennai District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Annova Solutions in Chennai is seeking a Health Information Management / Medical Coder with strong knowledge of ICD-10, anatomy, physiology and medical terminology to join our coding team.

Candidates should be graduates or postgraduates in health science, with preferred certifications such as AAPC, AHIMA, CPC or CRC. You will ensure accurate code assignment, maintain HIPAA compliance, and contribute to our quality and productivity standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
• Apply understanding of anatomy and physiology to interpret clinical documentation and identify applicable medical codes.
• Well-versed with ICD-10 guidelines and their implementation.
• Exceptionally skilled in determining valid encounters including legibility and valid signature requirements of medical record.
• Quality checking of the coding of the documents done by the associates.
• Keeping track of the errors and calculating accuracies of the associates.
• Proficient in reviewing medical records and determining the accuracy and completeness of the document.
• A critical thinker who ensures that all coding activities are properly managed as per scope.
• Solves moderately complex problems on their own.
• Should have an ownership mindset with respect to the guidance, team support and maintaining team’s quality.

Responsibilities

• Abstract information from documentation and assign appropriate ICD-10 codes
• Ensure codes are accurate and sequenced correctly by guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines.
• Proficient coding of charts across a variety of specialties with over 99% accuracy
• Follow up with the supervisor on any documentation that is insufficient or unclear
• Work as part of a team and help team to achieve the goals in quality and productivity standards.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and HIPAA adherence.
• Applying subject expertise in evaluating business operations and processes.

Skills

Anatomy & physiology

Medical terminology

HIPAA compliance

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Graduate or postgraduate in health science

Tools

Certification: AAPC/AHIMA/CPC/CRC

Job description

Qualification: Any graduate and postgraduate in health science background .

Certification: Preferably AAPC, AHIMA, CPC, CRC certified .

Roles and Responsibilities: -

• Abstract information from documentation and assign appropriate ICD-10 codes
  
• Ensure codes are accurate and sequenced correctly by guidelines.
  
• Ensure compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines.
  
• Proficient coding of charts across a variety of specialties with over 99% accuracy
  
• Follow up with the supervisor on any documentation that is insufficient or unclear
  
• Work as part of a team and help team to achieve the goals in quality and productivity standards.
  
• Maintain patient confidentiality and strict adherence to HIPAA.
  
• Applying subject expertise in evaluating business operations and processes.
  

Requirements

Successful Candidate must have:-

• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology
  
• Apply understanding of anatomy and physiology to interpret clinical documentation and identify applicable medical codes.
  
• Well-versed with ICD-10 guidelines and their implementation
  
• Exceptionally skilled in determining valid encounters including legibility and valid signature requirements of medical record.
  
• Quality checking of the coding of the documents done by the associates.
  
• Keeping track of the errors and calculating accuracies of the associates.
  
• Proficient in reviewing medical records and determining the accuracy and completeness of the document
  
• A critical thinker who ensures that all coding activities are properly managed as per scope
  
• Solves moderately complex problems on their own.
  
• Should have an ownership mindset with respect to the guidance, team support and maintaining team’s quality.