Medical Coder

Transforming Clinical Data into Strategic Insight

Join a global client team to play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of clinical data. This remote opportunity, based in the UK, offers a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension, starting as soon as possible. As a highly skilled and detail-oriented professional, you will accurately review, interpret, and translate patient clinical records into standardized diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classification systems. Your work will directly support healthcare reporting, reimbursement, quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, and operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and analyse patient records to accurately identify and abstract diagnoses, co-morbidities, complications, and procedures relevant to each inpatient episode.
• Assign accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes in accordance with national clinical coding standards, conventions, and guidelines.
• Code complex clinical specialties and deceased patient records, liaising with clinicians where required to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain high standards of coding quality and productivity, contributing to the delivery of timely and reliable clinical data.
• Provide expert advice on complex coding issues, explaining coding decisions and rationale to clinical, medical, and administrative staff.
• Collaborate with clinicians to clarify diagnoses, procedures, and emerging clinical practices to support accurate code assignment.
• Share specialist knowledge and provide support, guidance, and technical advice to colleagues within the Clinical Coding team.
• Plan and manage a personal workload effectively, working independently to meet agreed objectives and deadlines.
• Contribute to the achievement of monthly coding targets and support team performance during periods of absence or increased workload.
• Use patient administration, pathology, radiology, and other clinical systems to gather and validate information required for coding.
• Ensure coded data, patient demographics, and admission, transfer, and discharge details are recorded accurately and promptly.
• Identify and report data quality issues to ensure patient activity is accurately captured within Trust systems.
• Maintain professional competence through continuous learning, participation in coding reviews, and completion of mandatory national refresher training.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of coding quality, data accuracy, and compliance with national standards.

Required Competencies

This role requires strong knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and clinical coding standards. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work independently while maintaining high levels of coding quality and productivity. Proficiency in English is essential for this position.