Medical Coder – Taguig City, NCR

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides consultation, education, and analysis of the clinical content to clinical development staff and physicians to assure the correct context, granularity and quality of coding going into content products will meet market needs, be accurate and support the workflows of clients
• Develops and updates ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, and DRG codes in InterQual content in the context of contractually driven release cycles including data entry into proprietary clinical editing environment
• Performs Quality Assurance of coding and maintains clinical documentation
• Interfaces with clinical development staff to both educate and clarify intent of criteria to assure accurate and complete coding
• Maintain current medical coding knowledge to serve as a coding resource for internal customers
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• College Graduate in any course
• Certified Professional Coder or have AAPC

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone – of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income – deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.