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Medical Coding Specialist II

  1. United States
2025-118773
  1. Clinical Data Management, Clinical Data Scientist Lead, Clinical Systems, Data Standards Consultant
  2. ICON Strategic Solutions
  3. Remote

About the role

As a Medical Coding Specialist II you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.


What you will be doing:

Accountabilities: Describe the primary duties and responsibilities of the job. Include only the
essential functions of the job. Approximately 5 – 10 bulleted task statements should be identified.

• Provide independent review of data coded by third parties ensuring consistent coding
• Oversee work outsourced to CRO through medical coding review and synonym dictionaries
review
• Participate in the review and maintenance of guidance and training documentation for coding
guidelines in accordance with ICH guidelines, client coding guidelines and dictionary definitions
• Communicate issues to client medical coding leadership that require Taked decision including
proposal for solution
• Provide support to other departments concerning dictionary use and coding quality
• Collaborate on the creation and maintenance of CDM documents referencing coding related
activities
• Support and manage MedDRA and WHO Drug Dictionary upversion activities for both client and
third-part vendor operated studies
• Ensure compliance with industry quality standards, regulations, guidelines and
procedures


You are:

• A degree in nursing, biology or health-related field
• English fluency
• 5+ years medical coding using MedDRA and WHO Drug Dictionaries
• 5+ years in Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry or CRO environment
• Knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines and methodology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detail oriented, ability to multitask with strong prioritization, planning and organization
skills
• Excellent team player
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
• Working knowledge of MedDRA and WHO Drug best practice documents
• Experience with coding application(s), Veeva and Medidata RAVE Coder desirable
• Experience with data warehouse tools (ie. Elluminate, CORE)
• Good understanding of Clinical Data Management processes and the applicable regulatory
requirements


What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise 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



Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values.   We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.



Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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