Vacancy for Fresher Medical Coder (HCC)

Cigma Medical Coding; Chennai District; On-site; INR 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cigma Medical Coding in Chennai is hiring for full-time medical coders with strong anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and ICD-10-CM knowledge.

Responsibilities include assigning diagnoses and procedures using ICD and CPT, mapping ICD-10-CM to HCCs for risk adjustment, applying CMS guidelines, and conducting audits to ensure accuracy and compliance. Onsite work with 20 vacancies, bond of 2 years, interview mode onsite/online. Relocation to Chennai is required.

Qualifications

• Good subject knowledge in Anatomy, Physiology, Medical terminology & ICD 10.

Responsibilities

• Assign codes to diagnoses and procedures using ICD and CPT codes.
• Accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes that map to Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) for risk adjustment.
• Apply CMS guidelines to ensure codes reflect patient conditions.
• Maintain high accuracy and productivity standards for coding and auditing.
• Perform audits of coded records to ensure quality and compliance.
• Verify physician documentation supports the assigned diagnosis codes.
• Identify coding errors during audits.

Skills

Anatomy

Physiology

Medical terminology

ICD-10

Tools

ICD-10-CM

CPT

CMS guidelines

Job description

• Good subject knowledge in Anatomy, Physiology, Medical terminology & ICD 10

Job Descriptions:

• Assign codes to diagnoses and procedures, using ICD (International Classification of Diseases) and CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes
• Accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes that map to Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) for risk adjustment.
• Apply official coding and risk adjustment guidelines, including those from CMS, to ensure codes correctly reflect patient conditions.
• Maintain high accuracy and productivity standards for coding and auditing.
• Perform retrospective, concurrent, and prospective audits of coded records to ensure quality and compliance.
• Verify that physician documentation supports the assigned diagnosis codes.
• Identify coding errors, discrepancies, and inconsistencies during audits.

Other Details:

Job Type: Full Time

Mode of Work: Work from Office

Number of Vacancies: 20

Process: HCC

Interview Mode: Onsite/ Online

Ability to commute/relocate: Chennai

Bond: 2 Year

Selection process:

• 1. Assessment
• 2. Technical Round
• 3. HR Discussion