Team Lead - Multispecialty E&M Profee

Dovel Technologies, Inc; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house physician consultations

Healthy meals at workplace

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Guidehouse India seeks an experienced senior medical coder to monitor and direct daily coding production across multispecialty services in India. The role involves maintaining schedules, coordinating with US managers, and ensuring adherence to coding guidelines, HIPAA, and security policies.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years of E/M coding with ICD-9-CM and CPT, CPC certification, and strong accuracy under pressure. Opportunities exist across Chennai, Trivandrum, and Gurugram offices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in multispecialty profee coding with E/M IP/OP coding.
• Proficient in ICD-9-CM and CPT conventions, especially ER coding.
• CPC certification is required.
• Strong ability to interpret medical records across specialties.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet daily productivity targets.
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Monitors, directs and evaluates coding production on a daily basis.
• Ensures daily schedules are met and communicates with US Operational Manager and Coding Operations if deadlines are at risk.
• If system issues delay coding, implements measures to return to schedules promptly.
• Identifies day-to-day priorities and workflow issues; adjusts coders and staff to ensure steady work flow while respecting login usage and quality/compliance constraints.
• Emphasizes productivity goals and ensures efficient use of staff.
• Creatively plans for allocation of extra capacity for backlog coding.
• Tracks performance to ensure staff alignment with client expectations.
• Responds to and ensures acknowledgement mail on daily updates is sent to US.
• Ensures client mails are promptly responded to.
• Codes actively alongside the team to stay updated on coding guidelines and processes.
• Helps coordinate training plans for adding new trainees to an account.
• Coordinates guideline updates with QA staff to ensure coders understand changes.
• Understands and adheres to information security policy and protects information assets.
• Reports incidents related to information security to concerned authorities.

Skills

Coding proficiency

ICD-9-CM CPT

CPC Certified

Medical records interpretation

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Productivity under pressure

Job description

Job Family: Coding OP (India) Travel Required: None Clearance Required: None

What You Will Do:

• Monitors, directs and evaluates coding production on a daily basis.
• Ensures that daily schedules are met and communicates with US Operational Manager and Coding Operations if situations occur that hinder meeting deadlines.
• If system issues or other emergencies delay coding, implements measures/schedules to return to established coding schedules at the earliest possible time.
• Identifies day-to-day operational priorities and other workflow issues; adjusts coders, and other staff as necessary to ensure a constant flow of work so that delivery schedules are met, while respecting other parameters, such as login usage and quality/compliance considerations.
• Emphasizes productivity goals and takes action to ensure effective and efficient use of staff is maintained.
• Creatively plans for allocation of extra capacity for backlog coding.
• Tracks performance to ensure that staff is performing in alignment with the expectations of our clients.
• Responds to and ensures that the acknowledgement mail on daily updates is sent to US.
• Ensures client mails are promptly responded to.
• Codes actively alongside their team to stay abreast of all coding guidelines and processes.
• Helps to coordinate and follow through on the training plans for adding new trainees onto an account.
• Guideline updates – Co-ordinate with the QA staff to ensure that the update is understood by the coders.
• 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:

• 6+ Years of Experience in Multispecialty Profee coding with E&M IP/OP coding.
• Basic Skill set: Good analytic skills and expertise to be proficient in accurately coding medical records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT conventions especially emergency room coding.
• CPC Certified.
• Strong ability to interpret medical records of the patients in different specialties.
• Ability to communicate, have excellent interpersonal, listening skills and organizational skills.
• Can work in toughest of conditions, able to handle diverse clients.
• Able to work under pressure and deliver expected daily productivity targets.
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience working in multiple specialties like E/M, ED, Denials Prior experience in handling client communication or audits Exposure to US Healthcare RCM process Proficiency in coding platforms or tools Ability to train or mentor Junior coders Basic understanding of compliance and HIPAA regulations

About Guidehouse India

At Guidehouse India, we’re redefining what’s possible by creating opportunities that change lives. Guidehouse is a global professional services firm that delivers advisory, technology, and managed services to clients across both the commercial and public sectors. Our teams turn bold ideas into solutions that transform industries, strengthen communities, and drive meaningful impact worldwide. Across our Chennai, Trivandrum, and Gurugram locations, you’ll find opportunities where your passion and curiosity help shape what comes next. With cutting edge benefits, innovative learning and development programs, and a people first culture, we empower our people to lead with purpose. We continue to expand our teams and capabilities across India, investing in state-of-the-art offices and high impact work. Here, you’ll collaborate with experts from around the world, build deep expertise, explore new domains, and accelerate your professional growth while making a real impact.

What We Offer

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both inside and outside the workplace.

• in house physician consultations
• nutritious food options at the workplace
• confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• other wellness focused offerings that support your overall well being.

Our comprehensive learning and development programs ensure you’re continuously upskilled and ready to tackle what’s next, so you can shape your own career path while contributing to meaningful, purpose driven work.