Medical Coding Specialist II
ICON plc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bangalore • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Performing advanced medical coding of diagnoses, procedures, and medications using standard coding systems such as MedDRA and WHO Drug.
- Ensuring coding accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple clinical studies.
- Collaborating with clinical and data management teams to resolve complex coding discrepancies and queries.
- Providing expertise in the development and refinement of medical coding conventions and procedures.
- Staying updated on changes in medical coding standards and ensuring their implementation in clinical trial processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, or a related field.
- Proven experience in medical coding, preferably with MedDRA and WHO Drug, within a clinical research setting.
- Strong understanding of clinical trial processes and regulatory requirements for medical coding.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail and accuracy in medical data.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
medical codingMedDRAWHO Drugcoding accuracycoding complianceclinical trial processesregulatory requirementscoding conventionsdata management
Soft skills
problem-solvingattention to detailaccuracyeffective communicationcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in life sciencesBachelor’s degree in healthcare