Role & responsibilities

- Perform quality audits of IPDRG inpatient medical coding to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Review coded medical records and validate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and MS-DRG assignments.
- Identify coding discrepancies, documentation gaps, and compliance issues.
- Provide timely feedback and coaching to coders to improve coding quality and accuracy.
- Ensure adherence to client-specific guidelines, regulatory standards, and coding policies.
- Prepare and maintain audit reports, quality metrics, and productivity reports.
- Monitor coding quality trends and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
- Support process improvement initiatives and participate in quality review meetings.
- Stay updated with changes in coding guidelines, payer regulations, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with coding teams and stakeholders to achieve quality and productivity targets.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient health information and comply with HIPAA/client data privacy requirements.
- Meet assigned quality, accuracy, and turnaround time (TAT) targets.

📌 QA/Auditor / IPDRG Medical Coder (Chennai)
🏢 Orcapod Consulting Services
📍 Chennai