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Clinical Documentation Specialist
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[Hiring] Clinical Documentation Specialist @200 Academy
Mar 17, 2025 - 200 Academy is hiring a remote Clinical Documentation Specialist. 💸 Salary: competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. 📍Location: USA.
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Role Description
The Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist (CDIS) performs clinically based health record reviews to facilitate and obtain appropriate provider documentation for clinical conditions and procedures to reflect severity of illness, accurate coding/DRG, expected risk of mortality, accuracy of patient outcomes, and complexity of patient care.
- Clarifies incomplete, conflicting, ambiguous, and/or missing provider documentation through compliant query processes and education.
- Works in collaboration with other CDI Specialists, coders, quality analysts, providers, and other members of the healthcare team to ensure accurate, high-quality clinical documentation to support UHealth initiatives.
- Adheres to departmental and organizational goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies and procedures, continually ensuring quality documentation and regulatory compliance.
- Ensures accuracy, completeness, and quality of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and hospital outcomes.
- Performs thorough and timely medical record reviews to identify potential gaps or opportunities to facilitate improved provider documentation.
- Follows designated case review workflows, including initial, continued stay, retrospective, and final CDI reviews.
- Ensures clinical documentation accurately reflects the level of care rendered, severity of illness, risk of mortality, and clinical validation (in compliance with government and other regulations).
- Demonstrates proficiency with ICD-10-CM/PCS, APR DRG, and MS DRG by assigning accurate working DRGs based upon identification and selection of principal diagnosis, complications, co-existing or co-morbid conditions, POA indicators, and significant procedures.
- Ensures documented conditions, clarifications, and coded diagnoses are clinically supported.
- Follows up on queries per policy, including reviewing for continued appropriateness and updating pending queries as needed.
- Recognizes opportunities for documentation improvement using strong critical-thinking skills and sound judgment in decision making.
- Facilitates high-quality documentation by utilizing queries that are effective, clear, concise, and compliant in accordance with latest AHIMA/ACDIS Query Practice Brief.
- Makes recommendation of possible refinement of principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, and/or procedures based on clinical data to facilitate appropriate DRG assignment.
- Records review findings and other data elements timely and accurately into CDI Software and other data mechanisms to support data integrity for reporting.
- Effectively and appropriately communicates and collaborates with providers, HIM/coding, quality, CDI, and other members of the healthcare team.
- Professionally interacts with providers to complete/resolve queries, provide education, and/or answer questions as needed.
- Escalates concerns with query responses, DRG reconciliation, notifications, etc. as appropriate or per departmental protocol.
- Performs timely reconciliation of working codeset/DRG compared to final codeset/DRG.
- Demonstrates willingness to learn and accepts feedback productively.
- Meets and maintains CDI quality and query compliance standards.
- Works independently; demonstrates effective time management and prioritization of tasks.
- Maintains productivity standards.
- Performs duties and conduct interpersonal relationships in a manner that promotes a team approach and collaborative work environment.
- Assumes responsibility for professional development through participation at workshops, conferences, and/or in-services.
- Complies with and ensures adherence to HIPAA and Code of Conduct policies.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Health Information Management, or related medical field required.
- Graduate Foreign Medical degree will be considered.
Requirements
- Current RN, MD or RHIA required.
- CCDS or CDIP certification preferred; shall obtain CCDS or CDIP within 3 years from date of hire.
- Coding certification (CCS, CIC, or CPC) preferred.
- At least two (2) years direct patient care in acute care setting or (3) years inpatient coding experience required.
- Prior clinical documentation improvement (CDI) experience preferred.
- Demonstrated extensive clinical knowledge, critical-thinking skills, and understanding of disease processes, anatomy, pathophysiology, and disease management/treatment required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) required.
- Proficiency with technology/software required.
- Experience with 3M 360 Encompass preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to write concisely and effectively when communicating with providers.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
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