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Iswarya darlanka

@iswaryadarlanka

Inpatient medical coding professional with 4+ years’ experience ensuring ICD-10 accuracy, MS-DRG support, and HIPAA-compliant quality.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a healthcare coding and quality role where I can apply ICD-10-CM/PCS and MS-DRG expertise, maintain accuracy above 95%, stay HIPAA-compliant, and collaborate with clinical teams to improve documentation and reimbursement workflows.

I’m a detail-oriented inpatient medical coding professional with 4+ years of experience supporting clinical documentation review, patient care workflows, and coding-related quality processes at Thryve Digital Health. I apply ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS guidelines to assign diagnoses and procedures, determine principal and secondary conditions, and support accurate clinical representation and reimbursement classification.

I’m known for accuracy, HIPAA compliance, productivity discipline, and collaboration with case managers and interdisciplinary healthcare teams. From acute care, surgical, NICU, cardiology, transplant, and post-acute scenarios, I maintain coding quality through documentation review, abstraction of key clinical data elements, and self-audits—consistently demonstrating accuracy above 95% while handling approximately 2–3 inpatient charts per hour depending on case complexity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Inpatient Medical Coding Specialist

Thryve Digital Health LLP

Oct 2021 - Dec 2024 (3 years 2 months)

Reviewed multi-specialty inpatient records and assigned ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and ICD-10-PCS procedure codes in line with official inpatient coding guidelines. Supported MS-DRG grouping and maintained coding accuracy above 95% while completing ~2–3 inpatient charts per hour based on case complexity.

ICD 10 Coding Multi Specialty Record Review HIPAA compliance Encoder Based Workflows (3M Encoder)

Clinical Process Analyst

Thryve Digital Health LLP

Mar 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 6 months)

Managed end-to-end patient referral and intake processing, ensuring accurate demographics, clinical data, and insurance eligibility. Handled utilization management and prior authorization workflows, managed 120+ cases daily, and resolved appeals/denials to support timely approvals and claims accuracy.

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)Patient Authorization Workflows

Health Research Intern

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Oct 2019 - Dec 2019 (2 months)

Contributed to healthcare-focused research by identifying and evaluating potential drug targets. Gained exposure to drug discovery workflows and process optimization approaches relevant to healthcare and large-scale manufacturing.

Chemical Process Understanding Pharmaceutical Development Concepts Process Optimization

Trainee Medical Coder

Indian Health Care BPO

Mar 2019 - May 2019 (2 months)

Completed CPC-focused training covering CPT, ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding, ICD-10-PCS concepts, and HCPCS fundamentals. Applied medical terminology and anatomy/physiology knowledge to support accurate, compliant diagnosis and procedure coding.

CPT Coding Fundamentals ICD 10 Coding ICD 10 PCS HCPCS Medical Terminology Anatomy And Physiology For Coding

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Sri Vishnu College

Master of Science, Biotechnology

Grade: GPA: 3.8

Master of Science in Biotechnology focused on real-time PCR based detection of White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimp. Maintained a GPA of 3.8.

Adikavi Nannaya University

Bachelor of Science, Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Chemistry

Grade: GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Chemistry with research on drug discovery and medicinal chemistry of cancer. Maintained a GPA of 4.0.