Medical Coder

NTT DATA, Inc.; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a medical coder to translate patient diagnoses into standardized medical codes and ensure consistent documentation across facilities.

The role involves reading clinical documentation, applying coding standards, and maintaining uniform vocabularies for healthcare processes. Candidates should have a university degree in life sciences or nursing and be comfortable with English communication.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology is essential.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Read documentation to understand patient diagnoses.
• Transform diagnoses into universal medical codes.
• Create uniform vocabulary for describing causes of injury, illness and death.
• Enable uniform documentation between medical facilities.
• Review clinical statements and assign standard codes.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• 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

Preferred candidate profile

• 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