Associate - Coding

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Permanent
  • Operations
  • 1 - 2 years
Job Title:

Associate - Coding

Job Description:

The Job involves systematically translating medical terminology into unique and professional codes for medical personnel and insurance companies to understand and interpret in the course of carrying out their duties.

Experience Range:

1 - 2 years

Educational Qualifications:

Any graduation ,and Any PG

Job Responsibilities:

- Analyze patient charts carefully to know the diagnosis and represent every item with specific codes
- Collect health information as documented by medical specialists and code them appropriately
- Consult medical specialists for further clarification and understanding of items on patient charts to avoid any misinterpretations
- Ensure that codes tally with doctors’ diagnosis
- Advocate for patients where their medical history is needed as evidence
- Be updated about new coding rules as codes change from time to time
- Collect and distribute coding related information and billing issues
- Provide accurate answers to queries on coding
- Assigning CPT, HCPCS & ICD’s based on medical report.
- Ability to handle protected health information in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA).
- Should be updated on the coding guidelines & CMS edits.
- Meeting daily targets in their respective assignments.

Skills Required:

Aptitude Skills , Coding Skills , Typing Skills , CPC certification , communication skills , MS Office Suite

Candidate Attributes:

Should have at least one year of experience in E&M Services/ Surgery Coding / IVR Coding / Anesthesia Coding
- Candidate must have CPC Certification.
- Should have knowledge of ICD-10.
- Showcase good written and oral communication skills
- Good analytical skills
- Good computing knowledge in Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
- Exhibit sound knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to pay attention to detail
- Candidate should be a Life science graduate.
- Thorough understanding of the contents of medical record in order to identify information to support coding.
- Basic knowledge of anatomy physiology of human body.

Job Code: KL-OPS-CDCH2-CHN-1
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iHealth Innovations, an innovation-enabled revenue performance and advisory company for physician practices and medical groups is a Product driven organisation and helps providers successfully navigate to the future of healthcare.

iHealth is the only innovator focused on integrating revenue cycle management with business intelligence, analytics, care coordination and population health which can help hospitals and physicians increase their existing revenue stream, uncover new payment opportunities and elevate RCM to Revenue Cycle Performance™.

iHealth's new W.R.A.P (Wellness Revenue Assistance Program™) service offers provider education, EHR workflow optimization and a regulatory focused approach to monitoring program performance metrics including MACRA.
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iHealth Innovations is an Employer of Choice (EOC) targeting to recruit more than 500 new employees in 2017. IHealth offers a very competitive compensation and benefits package along with a dynamic and challenging environment.

• You will be part of the growth which would help them to move to the next level in your careers.

• Gives an Opportunity to learn from some of the healthcare veterans that are a part of iHealth.

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• Competitive Environment

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