Medical Coder

Go-Get Data Consultancy; Pasig; On-site; PHP 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare data consultancy in Pasig is seeking a Medical Coder/Sr Coder to manage medical records and ensure accurate coding for billing purposes. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 1-3 years of experience in Home Health Coding. This role involves performing quality checks and training associates. Night shift with specific coding requirements is a must.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in Home Health Coding required.
• Graduate in science or related field.
• 1-3 years' experience in coding is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review patient medical records and assign codes to diagnoses.
• Ensure accuracy and maintenance of coding documents.
• Quality check coding done by associates.

Skills

Proficient knowledge in medical coding

Excellent written and oral communication skills

High level of productivity and quality

Ability to multitask

High level of accuracy

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

On-site - Pasig 1-3 Yrs Exp Bachelor Full-time

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Job Description

Job title: Medical Coder/ Sr Coder

Speciality-Home Health Coding

Experience: Minimum 1yr experience in Home Health Coding. This is non negotiable requirement

Location: Exxa Building, Bridgetown, Pasig City

Shift: 11hrs shift for 4 days in a week(Night shift)

Department: Coding

Work Timing: General Shift

Qualifications: Graduate / PG (Science)

Skills:

A successful candidate must have proficient knowledge/capabilities in the following areas:

• Bachelor’s degree desired, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to perform at a high level of productivity and quality.
• Capacity to maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required to represent Infinx Clients.
• Skills to work independently and be resourceful with the ability to multitask.

As a medical coding, you will review patient medical records and assign codes to diagnoses and procedures performed so the facility can bill insurance and other third-party payers (such as Medicare or Medicaid) as well as the patient.

Coding medical charts with through the understanding of medical terminology, AMA guidelines, anatomy, physiology and procedures and assigning the appropriate CPT, ICD- 9 CM & HCPCS and special access codes based on medical documentation. Associate the diagnosis codes to the appropriate procedure codes (CPT) and sequence the codes in such a way as to insure proper reimbursement.

A successful candidate will perform the following activities:

a. Determining the provider and keying the information into the system and accurately apply, differences in coding requirements for various payers, clients and state programmers.

b. Ensure number of charts in batch equals to total received from clients.

c. Maintenance of daily and monthly M.I.S.

d. Quality checking of the coding of the documents done by the associates.

e. Keeping track of the errors and calculating accuracies of the associates.

f. Undertakes denial follow-up and appeals work wherever required.

g. Conducting Specialty training for experienced coders.

A successful candidate must have proficient knowledge/capabilities in the following areas:

2.Bachelor’s degree desired, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

3.Ability to perform at a high level of productivity and quality.

4.Capacity to maintain a high level of accuracy.

5.Excellent written and oral communication skills required to represent Clients.

7.Skills to work independently and be resourceful with the ability to multitask.

Experience

• 1–3 years’ experience in Coding.

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