Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) | Germany | 22xxx, 21xxx, 20xxx Hamburg | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 05.05.2026 on stepstone.de
Coding Specialist / Documentation Assistant - Center for Operative Medicine (m/f/d)
We are the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) – and stand for excellent competence in research, teaching and comprehensive healthcare in our clinics. Our around 16,100 fellow citizens: every day, they strive to make the world a bit healthier with their contribution. It is our claim to be one of the leading university clinics – and at the same time the best employer in our industry. In the UKE, we firmly believe that successful and fulfilling work should be in line with the personal needs and individual life plans of the employees. And as different as these are, our range of individual solutions is as diverse. Welcome to the UKE. .
* After clicking the Read more button, the original advert will open on our partner's website, where you can see the details of this vacancy and contact information. If you need a translation of this text, after returning to our website it will be prepared and you can read it by clicking the Show full translation button.
Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
The Centre for Operative Medicine of the UKE combines the clinics and clinics for general, visceral and thorax surgery, for urology, for gynecology, for transplant surgery and for trauma surgery and orthopaedics.The clinics share a total of 240 beds. On average, 430 full-time staff are employed. Do you want to strengthen our team of codier professionals and enjoy challenges? This is expected Due to the primary coding of medical and other medical diagnosis, treatments, medications as well as nursing services, if necessary in coordination with the doctors: you are directly involved in our success. Your future activities include: Execution of the reception, if necessary in consultation with the attending doctors:in the various departments of the Centre for Operative Medicine with the focus on urology Primary encoding of stationary hospital cases based on documentation in compliance with the applicable coding guidelines / case-accompanying and retrospective Optimization of proceeds by: Case check based on file with respect to plausibility and completeness Determination and coding of procedures carried out on the basis of OP reports Case meetings for the definition of diagnosis for coding Selection of alternative diagnoses for encoding, in consultation with med. Error analyses and clarification of deviations
Communication with the medical controller Notification of missing proofs of performance, findings, medical letters and incorrect or incomplete documentation Processing of MD and health insurance requests in cooperation with the doctor:inside Execution of acceptance in consultation with the attending physician: inside
Completed vocational training for:medical documentation assistant:in or equivalent skills and experience, e.g. in health and nursing, in combination with a further training for clinical/medical codier professional (codier subject course) Long-term professional experience in the nursing field of surgery (ideally urology, trauma surgery or general surgery) Required knowledge in SAP and MyMedis Ideally with experience in coding in the field of emergency reception Good German knowledge Co-operation, communication and coordination capacity, sense of responsibility, self-employment and a quick understanding
Attractive payment by TVöD/VKA crisis-proof workplace, meaningful activity, appreciation Structured integration and open knowledge sharing in the team Extensive continuing and continuing training programs at our UKE Academy for Education and Career Possibilities for co-designing our personnel policy “UKE INside” in projects across groups and hierarchy Continuing on the road: grants to the German ticket as a job ticket and Dr. Bike Bicycle Service; Option to service bike leasing Family-friendly work environment: cooperation on childcare, free holiday care, advice for employees with dependent family members Excellent health, prevention and sports Our staff restaurant offers a rich selection of culinary offerings; further offers are available in the “Health Kitchen” cafés and Bistros and in a supermarket directly on the premises
Location
![]() | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) | |
| 20251 Hamburg | ||
| Germany |
The text of this ad was translated from German into English using an automatic translation system and may contain semantic and lexical errors. Therefore, it should be used for introductory purposes only. For more detailed information, see the original text of the ad at the link below.
For more information read the original ad