Clinical Coding Officer - Talent Pooling

Primary Health Care Corporation; Doha; Vor Ort; QAR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Primary Health Care Corporation in Doha, Qatar is seeking a Clinical Coder to extract and assign accurate medical codes for reimbursement, storage, analysis, and research purposes.

The incumbent will apply ICD-10-AM/CPT-4 coding, participate in audits, and support quality assurance while ensuring strict confidentiality of patient information and compliance with PHCC policies.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in health information management or related field.
• Clinical coding certifications (CCA/ CCS/ CCS-P/ CPC).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in health information management.

Aufgaben

• Obtain accurate clinical information from medical records and assign codes.
• Apply ICD-10-AM/CPT-4 coding principles for diagnoses, treatments and operations.
• Enter codes into PHCC encoder and abstracting systems and identify outpatient reimbursement.
• Adhere to coding principles, standards, and guidelines set by the Supreme Council of Health.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure data accuracy across billing systems.

Kenntnisse

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Medical terminology

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree in health information management

Clinical Coding Certifications (AHIMA/AAPC/HIMAA)

Jobbeschreibung

PHCC has a vision to be the leader in transforming the health and wellbeing of people’s lives in Qatar. PHCC’s mission is to deliver comprehensive, integrated and coordinated person-centered health care services in the community through focusing on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles and wellness. In partnership with our stakeholders, we will improve the health and wellbeing of our population.

The incumbent will be responsible to extract accurate medical data, and assign them appropriate codes, for reimbursement, easy storage, analysis of health data, and research purposes.

Key Accountabilities & Duties:

• Obtain accurate clinical information from medical records and assign appropriate clinical codes.
• Utilize technical coding principles to allocate codes for diagnosis, treatments, and operations relevant to patients’ current period of care.
• Enter codes onto PHCC’s encoder and abstracting systems and identify outpatient reimbursement.
• Adhere to coding principles, standards, and guidelines set by the Supreme Council of Health.
• Assess coding procedures to ensure constant improvement in ICD-10 am/CPT-4 coding.
• Perform regular quality assessments to ensure valid coding procedures and accurate collection of health information and data.
• Analyze various types of medical bills, determine chargeable items, and enter data into billing system.
• Identify inappropriate billing practices and errors such as duplicate billing, undocumented services, and mathematical errors.
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by thinking what might go wrong in all undertakings and take necessary measures to prevent them from happening.
• Identify and report potential or actual patient safety concerns, errors and/or near misses in timely manner.
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Demonstrate a sense of team work and effective communication.
• Partner with line manager to understand risks in the area of work, develop a plan on how to mitigate those risks, and develop shared accountability for implementing and evaluating the plan.
• Consult and communicate with relevant medical physicians to clarify inconsistent, doubtful, and non-specific information in medical records.
• The incumbent will undertake any such related duties or responsibilities as directed.
• Ensure high standards of confidentiality to safeguard any sensitive information.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in health information management/a health care field / Science stream or a related stream.

Certification, license or training Requirements:

Clinical Coding Certifications from AHIMA/ AAPC/HIMAA (CCA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC)

Experience & Knowledge:

Minimum 3 years of experience in the Health Information Management field.