Clinical Coding Specialist/Manager

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coding professional to support clinical coding operations within a healthcare environment. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience in inpatient clinical coding, with exposure to coding quality, audit, operational delivery or team coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Review inpatient medical records and accurately assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes across a range of clinical specialties.
• Ensure accurate identification and coding of diagnoses, co-morbidities, complications and procedures.
• Review clinical documentation and liaise with clinicians to clarify diagnoses and procedures where necessary.
• Undertake coding quality reviews, validation and audit activities to ensure compliance with national coding standards.
• Identify coding errors, documentation gaps and opportunities to improve coding accuracy and quality.
• Support coding productivity, workload management, reporting and achievement of operational targets.
• Provide technical guidance, feedback and support to colleagues, where required.
• Contribute to maintaining coding standards, governance and continuous improvement across clinical coding activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Recognised Clinical Coding Accreditation (NCCQ/ACC or equivalent).
• Strong practical knowledge of ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classification systems.
• Recent Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Certification (within the last three years).
• Hands‑on experience in inpatient clinical coding across multiple specialties within a hospital or healthcare environment.
• Good understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
• Experience working with Electronic Health Records (EHR), Patient Administration Systems (PAS) and clinical coding tools.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills and commitment to coding accuracy and quality.

Additional Experience

• Experience in clinical coding audit, quality assurance or validation.
• Exposure to complex and high‑acuity inpatient coding.
• Experience supporting coding teams, mentoring colleagues or coordinating workloads.
• Understanding of coding productivity targets, FCEs, SLAs, KPIs and operational reporting.
• Experience liaising with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders.

Experience Level

We welcome applications from Clinical Coding professionals with approximately 2-5+ years of relevant post-accreditation experience, depending on their level of expertise and responsibilities.

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