Senior Clinical Coding Quality Specialist

Job Title: Senior Clinical Coding Quality Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Coding Quality Specialist to oversee clinical coding accuracy, consistency, and compliance across healthcare documentation and patient records. The successful candidate will conduct coding audits, review clinical documentation, identify coding discrepancies, provide feedback to coding teams, and support continuous improvement in coding quality and reimbursement accuracy.

This fully remote position requires strong knowledge of medical terminology, clinical classification systems, healthcare documentation standards, and coding audit methodologies. The specialist will collaborate with clinical teams, medical records departments, billing professionals, and healthcare compliance stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed quality reviews of inpatient and outpatient clinical coding records.
• Evaluate coding accuracy, completeness, specificity, and consistency against supporting clinical documentation.
• Review diagnoses, procedures, clinical indicators, and other relevant information to identify coding discrepancies.
• Apply applicable coding standards and classification systems, including ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, or locally adopted coding frameworks.
• Perform routine and targeted coding audits to assess compliance with established standards and organizational policies.
• Identify trends in coding errors, documentation gaps, undercoding, overcoding, and unsupported code assignments.
• Provide constructive feedback and guidance to clinical coding professionals.
• Develop and maintain coding quality checklists, audit tools, and review procedures.
• Prepare coding quality reports, performance dashboards, and audit findings for management.
• Collaborate with clinical documentation improvement teams to clarify incomplete or ambiguous medical records.
• Support appropriate clinical documentation queries through established organizational procedures.
• Monitor coding quality indicators and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Review updates to coding guidelines, classification systems, payer requirements, and relevant healthcare regulations.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing coding evidence and documentation.
• Participate in coding education, training, and continuous professional development initiatives.
• Assist in standardizing coding practices across departments and healthcare service lines.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure secure handling of patient health information.
• Recommend improvements to coding workflows, quality controls, and electronic health record processes.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Health Information Management, Clinical Coding, Nursing, Medicine, Health Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Recognized clinical coding certification or professional qualification relevant to the applicable coding framework.
• Significant experience in clinical coding, coding quality assurance, medical records auditing, or health information management.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and clinical documentation.
• Practical experience with ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, or relevant regional coding standards.
• Understanding of inpatient and outpatient coding guidelines and clinical classification principles.
• Experience conducting coding audits, identifying discrepancies, and preparing quality reports.
• Knowledge of clinical documentation improvement processes and compliant physician query practices.
• Familiarity with electronic health records, coding software, and health information management systems.
• Understanding of healthcare privacy, confidentiality, and patient information protection requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex clinical documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and consistency.
• Ability to manage multiple audit assignments and reporting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with geographically distributed healthcare teams.

What We Offer

• A fully remote, work-from-home arrangement.
• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Opportunities to contribute to healthcare coding quality and documentation improvement.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare and compliance professionals.
• Professional development and opportunities for career progression.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their clinical coding experience, coding certifications, audit expertise, and knowledge of healthcare documentation standards.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Clinical Coding Quality Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. Clinical coding activities must follow applicable healthcare regulations, recognized coding standards, and organizational policies. Clinical diagnoses, medical decisions, and formal clinical documentation amendments must remain the responsibility of appropriately licensed healthcare professionals. Access to patient records must be authorized and managed in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.