Inpatient Medical Coder: ICD-10/CPT Specialist

Coronis Health; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Coronis Health in the Philippines seeks a Medical Coder to assign ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, or HCPCS codes for inpatient and other patient records under supervision. The coder may specialize by setting but will code all types as needed to support billing and reporting.

Responsibilities include reviewing provider documentation to determine principal and secondary diagnoses, applying POA values, DRG assignments, and composing compliant queries for documentation improvement. Confidentiality is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Records or allied field.
• Minimum 3 years inpatient hard coding experience, 6 months with a live client.
• Certification dependent on client requirement (AAPC/CPC, CIC or AHIMA CCS/ CCS-P).

Responsibilities

• Abstracts, codes, and sequences the classification of medical and surgical procedures, diagnosis, and treatment modalities on inpatient and day surgeries.
• Reviews provider documentation to determine principal diagnosis, co-morbidities and complications, secondary conditions, and surgical procedures.
• Assigns POA value for inpatient diagnoses and correct DRG coding.
• Writes a compliant query to the provider for documentation and coding improvement.
• Enters codes into encoder and abstracting system and reports productivity to supervisor.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient records at all times.

Skills

ICD-10-CM coding

CPT coding

POA assignment

DRG assignment

Query writing

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Medical Records or Allied Medical Field

AAPC/CIC or AHIMA CCS/CPC certifications

Tools

Encoder software

Abstracting system

Job description

Coronis Health in the Philippines seeks a Medical Coder to assign ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, or HCPCS codes for inpatient and other patient records under supervision. The coder may specialize by setting but will code all types as needed to support billing and reporting.

Responsibilities include reviewing provider documentation to determine principal and secondary diagnoses, applying POA values, DRG assignments, and composing compliant queries for documentation improvement. Confidentiality is essential.