Clinical Coder (ICD-10) – Experienced

Patients meet you first at this dental practice in Cape Town CBD, so calm and clear matters. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a dental practice on the Cape Town CBD side of Western Cape. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation

• Confident with Excel and email
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• Matric
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes

• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims
• Experience with hospital case management and pre-auth

• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus
• Parking on site
• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• Normal practice hours with most weekends off

• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.
• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.