Senior Specialist, Clinical Coding

About Amplify Health

Who We Are

Amplify Health Asia Pte. Limited (Amplify Health) is a pan-Asian health technology and analytics company which brings together health technology assets, proprietary data analytics and healthcare expertise to support innovation across the healthcare value chain.

Headquartered in Singapore, Amplify Health operates in 10 markets across the region: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Amplify Health develops integrated solutions that empower healthcare payors, providers and policymakers across Asia to identify value and drive new partnerships, understand variation and address systemic inefficiencies—with the aim of improving outcomes for individuals and the sustainability of health systems.

Powered by a clinically enriched data foundation, Amplify Health's health intelligence platform combines modular AI solutions, context-aware automation and deep regional insights to offer localised, AI-powered health solutions spanning health payment integrity to chronic disease management. The company's technology has earned recognition at several industry competitions, including the Celent Model Insurer Awards, ITC Asia Awards and SBR Technology Excellence Awards.

As an ISO27001 certified organisation, Amplify Health maintains clearly defined policies, structured oversight mechanisms and ongoing risk assessments that ensure alignment with global best practices on enterprise data security.

Our Vision and Ambition

To build the leading healthcare AI and platform services company in Asia that transforms the delivery of health and wellness for patients and communities by combining and leveraging the distinctive and complementary assets and strengths of AIA and Discovery.

Amplify Health will simplify access to health data and AI Innovation to accelerate distinct and disruptive healthcare value insights and resulting improvements in health outcomes through value-based care, personalised care plans and aligning individuals lifestyle/ behavioural choices.

By 2028, Amplify Health will have in place one of Asia's strongest health-tech and AI capabilities; a comprehensive, integrated health technology stack supported by precision insights derived from proprietary data pools.

The Position

Summary

The Senior Clinical Specialist, Coding Lead role in the execution, development, validation, standardization, and optimization of clinical coding and encoded healthcare data assets across global and APAC markets.

The role combines deep expertise in:

• Clinical Coding
• Clinical Annotation
• Annotation Validation
• Claims Analytics
• Terminology Management
• Coding Automation

The position serves as a bridge between Clinical Informatics, Product, Data Science, Analytics, and Market teams to ensure that coding assets, healthcare datasets, terminology frameworks, and AI-enabled products are clinically accurate, scalable, and aligned with organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

1. Coding Portfolio Execution & Development

• Lead end-to-end clinical coding, annotation, and validation activities.
• Drive expansion of coding coverage across multiple clinical domains.
• Support terminology harmonization across markets.
• Support large-scale healthcare data transformation initiatives.
• Assist with clinical terminology standardization programs.

Mandatory

• Annotation
• Annotation Validation
• Ground Truth Dataset Development
• Encoded Data Validation
• Clinical Data Quality Assurance

2. Stakeholder Coordination

• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, Operations and Clinical Informatics teams.
• Coordinate requirements gathering workshops.
• Engage with healthcare providers, clients and market stakeholders.
• Present coding recommendations and findings.
• Manage stakeholder expectations.
• Support governance and steering discussions.
• Maintain strong communication across regional and global teams.

3. Coding Research & Innovation

• Perform detailed research across international coding systems.
• Evaluate US, Australian, Canadian, Singaporean and emerging APAC healthcare coding frameworks.
• Research regulatory changes and market-specific coding methodologies.
• Benchmark coding standards and best practices globally.
• Evaluate innovative healthcare data solutions.

4. Annotation, Validation & Quality Assurance

Mandatory Responsibility

• Lead annotation and annotation validation initiatives.
• Review and validate:
• ICD-10-CM
• CPT
• HCPCS Level II
• SNOMED CT
• LOINC
• ATC
• Other healthcare terminologies
• Conduct quality audits and secondary reviews.
• Perform coding sense checks.
• Investigate data discrepancies.
• Conduct root cause analysis.
• Establish validation frameworks.
• Review peer outputs.
• Deliver structured feedback and coaching.
• Maintain clinically accurate Ground Truth datasets.
• Ensure data integrity across datasets.
• Escalate critical quality issues.
• Drive continuous quality improvement initiatives.

5. Clinical Data Assessment & Standardization

• Execute market onboarding assessments.
• Conduct healthcare dataset profiling.
• Perform data quality and readiness assessments.
• Conduct gap analysis exercises.
• Support clinical and billing schema design.
• Validate healthcare data models.
• Review metadata frameworks.
• Review property structures and healthcare attributes.
• Ensure regulatory alignment.
• Support interoperability and standardization initiatives.
• Develop recommendations for data harmonization.

6. Team Support, Operations & Capability Building

• Develop SOPs, coding guidelines and validation frameworks.
• Support sprint planning and backlog prioritization.
• Contribute to operational planning.
• Develop training materials.
• Mentor junior coders.
• Supervising and coaching 2–3 coders.
• Conduct quality review sessions.
• Facilitate regional knowledge-sharing activities.
• Support onboarding and capability development.

Candidate Profile

Experience & Qualifications

Required

• Medical or healthcare-related qualification
• Preferred backgrounds:
• MBBS
• BDS
• BHMS
• BAMS
• Physiotherapy
• Pharmacy
• Nursing
• Allied Health Sciences
• Health Information Management
• 7-9 years of healthcare coding experience
• Relevant coding certification
• Expert knowledge of:
• ICD-10-CM
• CPT
• HCPCS Level II
• Strong understanding of:
• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy
• Physiology

Strongly Preferred

• Clinical audit experience
• Annotation and validation experience
• Team management experience
• Stakeholder engagement exposure

Preferred Advanced Qualifications

• Master's in Health Informatics
• Public Health
• Clinical Sciences
• Health Administration

Competencies & Core Characteristics

Technical Competencies

Coding & Terminology

• ICD-10-CM
• CPT
• HCPCS Level II
• SNOMED CT
• LOINC
• ATC
• ICD-11 exposure preferred

Data & Productivity Tools

• Excel (Advanced)
• PowerPoint
• Healthcare analytics tools

Specialized Skills

• Annotation
• Annotation Validation
• Ground Truth Dataset Development
• Clinical Audit
• Data Quality Governance

Behavioral Competencies

• Sound judgment and decision making
• Problem-solving ability
• Exceptional communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Presentation skills
• Leadership capability
• Ability to mentor and develop others
• Collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
• Resilience and adaptability
• Attention to detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong coordination and facilitation skills
• Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback

Join Us

If you are passionate about leveraging data to drive healthier outcomes across Asia and thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven environment, we encourage you to apply.

Amplify Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.