Sr Coder - Profee Denial

Guidehouse; Chennai District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Chennai is seeking a medical coding professional to translate patient diagnoses and procedures into ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes, ensuring accurate turnaround within set timelines.

You will review input volumes, code per client and internal guidelines, and work with the team to meet monthly accuracy targets above 95%.

Strong communication, meticulous attention to detail, and experience with EMR systems like EPIC or Cerner are valued.

Qualifications

• Life science/Paramedical graduates or postgraduates.
• 2–3 years of medical coding experience.
• Strong ability to interpret medical records across specialties.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, listening, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy.
• Proficient in ICD-10-CM and CPT coding, including ER, radiology, and denial work.

Responsibilities

• Accurately transforms medical diagnoses and procedures into ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes.
• Ensure daily coding volumes are turned around accurately within Turnaround Time.
• Code according to client guidelines and maintain quality/productivity.
• Interact with Team Lead for feedback and guidance.
• Meet monthly targets with high accuracy (above 95%).
• Follow information security policies and report incidents as required.

Skills

Medical coding

Attention to detail

Communication skills

ICD-10-CM & CPT knowledge

Radiology knowledge

Education

Life science/Paramedical graduates or postgraduates

Tools

3M Encoder

EPIC EMR

Cerner EMR

Trucode

Optum encoder

Job description

Job Family: Coding OP (India)

Travel Required: None

Clearance Required: None

What You Will Do

• Accurately transforms medical diagnoses and procedures into designated alphanumerical codes in ICD-10-CM , CPT and HCPCS codes.
• Ensure that the daily coding volumes for the team are turned around accurately within the specified Turnaround Time.
• Checking input volumes allotted by TL
• Coding reports as per client guidelines and coding guidelines by maintaining operational quality and productivity.
• Regular interaction with TL and getting feedbacks.
• This position requires that one performs well independently and in a collaborative manner with their entire coding team.
• Understands in detail the workflow, procedures and specific criteria for the assigned client.
• Ensures he/she meets the monthly target with above 95% accuracy consistently
• Attend the Weekly QA / Team meetings without fail and respond in two way communication with the Quality analyst/Team Lead.
• Shall understand and abide by the organizations information security policy and protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all information assets.
• Shall report incidents related to security of information to concerned authorities.

What You Will Need

• Any Life science, Paramedical Graduates and Post Graduates
• Minimum Experience: 2-3 year experience.
• Basic Skill set:- Strong ability to interpret medical records of the patients in different specialties.
• Ability to communicate, have excellent interpersonal, listening skills and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy.
• Good analytic skills and expertise to be proficient in accurately coding medical records utilizing ICD-10-CM and CPT conventions especially emergency room coding, exposure to radiology , Denial work types.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Proficiency in MS Office/excel
• Experience in coding software or encoder (3M, Trucode, Optum)
• Familiarity with HER/EMR systems (EPIC, Cerner, etc.,)
• Knowledge of multiple coding specialties (ED,EM (OP&IP), etc

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