Clinical Coder (ICD-10)

Patients meet you first at this medical billing bureau in eMalahleni, so calm and clear matters. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll report in eMalahleni. Relocation is not covered for this one. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent

• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• Confident with Excel and email
• You keep patient information private, every time
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• Matric

• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts
• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Experience with hospital case management and pre-auth

• Normal practice hours with most weekends off
• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus
• Parking on site

• Name the billing software you know in your CV headline; practices want someone who needs no system training.
• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.