About the role:

Reporting to the Coding Operations Manager, this role is responsible for the timely and accurate translation of medical and procedural terminology into ICD10-AM (International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition-Australian Modification) current edition, for use in statistical analysis, epidemiology, hospital planning, research, and for the auditing of quality of patient care.

Duties for the role will include:

• Accurately and proficiently translating the narrative descriptions of diagnoses and procedure including some of the more complex and intricate cases into valid, accurate and complete ICD-10-AM codes which reflect the complete clinical picture of the patient, reason for admission and treatment administered.
• Performing clinical coding on a broad casemix using appropriate resources such as Australian and State Coding Standards, internet, anatomy books, abbreviation books, dictionaries etc. to make coding decisions in abstraction and assigning codes.
• Providing assistance, using extensive communication skills, to medical and other health care personnel regarding accurate medical record documentation for clear interpretation for translation into codes. − Accessing laboratory and radiology results and interpret reports using knowledge and experience to ensure accurate code selection.
• Maintaining coding consistency by liaising with the FMC Coding Operations Manager and/or the Coding Auditor/Educator and team members collectively in determining appropriate codes for problematic cases and informing all staff of coding issues or significant trends that may be observed through appropriate forums.
• Facilitating timely data submissions by meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as internal and external deadlines, quality assurance against Performance Indicator for Coding Quality (PICQ) and other Local Health Network KPIs.
• Undertaking research as required to assist in making informed judgements relating to clinical documentation, code choice and application of the National and SA Coding Standards