Medical Coder / Senior Medical Coder – E&M

Mbw Rcm; Chennai; On-site; INR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

MBW RCM invites applications for a Medical Coder role in Chennai. The position involves reviewing medical charts and assigning CPT and ICD-10 codes per guidelines, supporting billing teams, and maintaining high accuracy with timely turnaround.

The candidate should have 1–4 years of medical coding experience, with E&M coding exposure and CPC/COC/CCS certifications preferred. Knowledge of US healthcare rules is advantageous.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of experience in medical coding.
• Experience in coding specialty - E&M.
• Certifications desired CPC/COC/CCS from AAPC and AHIMA.
• Knowledge of the US healthcare industry is desired.
• Good knowledge of client-specific process rules and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review medical charts under diagnosis and procedures to assign CPT and ICD-10 codes.
• Ensure codes align with coding and customer guidelines.
• Code outpatient/inpatient charts across specialties with high accuracy and timely turnaround.
• Demonstrate strong CPT and ICD-10 guideline knowledge.
• Assign correct codes and perform edits as per correct coding initiatives.
• Collaborate with team to meet quality and productivity targets.
• Support billers and AR analysts.
• Participate in local AAPC and industry body meetings.
• Identify causes of denials and improve coding standards.
• Document feedback on errors in clinical documentation at facility and physician levels.

Skills

Medical coding

CPT coding

ICD-10

Team player

US healthcare knowledge

Education

AAPC/AHIMA CPC/COC/CCS certifications

Job description

Boost your career prospects as a Medical Coder with MBW RCM, one of the fastest-growing offshore medical billing companies. At MBW, normal is truly boring and provide you exciting opportunities to learn and work with your customer to grow your career. Our remuneration is in line with industry standards along with attractive benefits.

Job Description

• Review medical charts under the diagnosis and procedure to ascribe the related CPT and ICD-10


• Ensure that you assign codes based on coding and customer guidelines


• Proficient coding of outpatient/Inpatient charts across a variety of specialties with over 97% accuracy and as per the turnaround time


• Strong knowledge in CPT and ICD-10 guidelines


• Assign correct codes and perform edits as per correct coding initiative


• Work as part of a team and achieve the team quality and productivity standards


• Support billers and AR analysts.


• Participate in ongoing local chapter meetings of AAPC and other industry bodies


• Understand the causes of claim denials and continually improve coding standards


• Document feedback on errors in clinical documentation at a facility and physician-specific levels

Candidate Profile

• Should have 1 to 4 years of experience in medical coding


• Experience in coding specialty - E&M


• Certifications desired CPC/COC/CCS from AAPC and AHIMA


• Knowledge of the US healthcare industry is desired


• Good knowledge of client-specific process rules and regulatory requirements