Lead Clinical Coder / Senior Clinical Coder Job in Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Clinical Coder / Senior Clinical Coder

Luton, ENG, GB, United Kingdom

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job Description

Senior and Lead Clinical Coders are required to create and maintain good communication links with Consultants and their clinical teams to ensure quality and depth of clinical coding is achieved. In order to achieve this they are required to communicate complex coding rules to various medical, clinical and administrative staff at all levels. Communication can be via telephone, in person, written, or by email. To answer Clinical Commissioning Group challenges in code assignment in a timely manner.

To act as mentor to less experienced coding staff in understanding clinical coding rules. PbR and HRG (Healthcare Resource Groups), therefore having a sound knowledge of these processes themselves. To be proficient in the Trusts many IT systems, including iPM, Medicode360, ICE, Clinical Correspondence, MediViewer (for ERDMS) and the Clinical Income Dashboard system. To access the Trust histopathological database (ICE) to extract the relevant information when assigning appropriate clinical codes.

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