Job Summary
The Level 3 Clinical Coder is a qualified and experienced professional who fulfills HMC’s requirement to produce accurate, timely, and complete clinically coded data.
The data generated from Clinical Coding supports the ability of HMC to provide information to internal and external stakeholders including the Ministry of Public Health and other relevant external organizations. The National Health Strategy of “Better Health, Better Care, and Better Value” is supported by the output from clinical coding.
Essential Education:
Advance Clinical Coding Certificate from a recognized educational authority, in ICD10
- AHIMA - Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
- AAPC - Certified Professional Coder
- HIMAA - Advanced ICD-10-AM, ACHI & ACS Clinical Coding Course- Clinical Coder Certification (CCC)
- IHRIM- National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ)
or Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management which includes Clinical Coding Modules
Essential Experience:
- 6 years experience in clinical coding
- 8 years experience in clinical coding for HMC staff holding Associate Diploma in Health Information Management
Specific/Technical/Functional Competencies:
- Understand and apply ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS standards and guidelines assigning accurate codes to ensure correct AR-DRG assignment to the highest complexity to reflect the episode of care
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the structure and use of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS and AR-DRG
- Superior knowledge of medical terminology
- Superior knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
- Investigative and problem-solving skills in relation to clinical coding
- Understanding of Activity-Based Funding and/or Costing principles
