Medical Coding Trainee

Job Title: Medical Coder

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Location: Mohali (onsite)

Working Days & Time: 9 hours between 11:30 am to 11:30 pm & 1 Saturday working in every month.

Roles and Responsibilities:

·         Read, and code all incoming medical correspondence.

·         Where appropriate re-direct letters to other members of staff.

·         Ensure that all coded information, investigations, and follow-ups are coded accurately.

·         Alert clinicians to any medical problems, new diagnoses, or medication that needs follow-up.

·         Notify GPs, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals of any new chronic disease that will require monitoring.

Education/qualifications:

Educated to at least bachelors / Equivalent qualifications / equivalent level of practical experience

Skills and abilities:

·         Attention to detail

·         Ability to learn how to translate detailed knowledge of medical terminology into codes on patients’ records.

·         Ability to work with data, noticing patterns, trends, and anomalies.

·         Excellent communication skills with colleagues and patients demonstrating a positive, proactive, and informative approach.

·         A good working knowledge of IT packages including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

·         Able to learn new IT packages or experience of software such as Doc man and EMIS Web.

·         Deliver deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy.

·         Able to work largely unsupervised.

·         Efficient and reliable with a commitment to delivering quality work.