Clinical Coder (ICD-10)

Every claim you code correctly at this radiology group in Soweto gets paid faster. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Home base is a radiology group on the Soweto side of Gauteng.

• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily

• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• You keep patient information private, every time
• Confident with Excel and email
• Matric

• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics
• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims

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

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