Trauma Registrar @VCUHSA VCU Health System Authority

[Hiring] Trauma Registrar @VCUHSA VCU Health System Authority

Apr 13, 2025 - VCUHSA VCU Health System Authority is hiring a remote Trauma Registrar. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: USA.

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Role Description

The Trauma/Surgery Registrar supports the VCU Health System’s adult or pediatric Trauma and Surgical Programs and organizational requirements for verification as Level 1 Trauma/Surgery Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the American College of Surgeons by maintaining a registry database.

Identification of cases for inclusion into the registry database
Abstraction of data from various sources including the electronic medical record, prehospital databases, and other data sources
Assign ICD-10 diagnosis codes and other specialized coding (including Abbreviated Injury (AIS) Scores) to procedures, comorbidities, and complications according to methodologies and coding rules
Perform ongoing daily chart reviews on all patients and enter data into the Registry
Report complications and quality issues to the Supervisor
Ensure adherence to data management protocols for accurate and timely reporting of data to the organization and regulatory agencies
Assist with performance improvement activities

Qualifications

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire: Certified Professional Coder (CPC); Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); or equivalent coding certification or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred
Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for continued employment: Certification by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine as an Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist (CAISS) within 18 months of hire is required for Trauma Registrars or Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist (CSS), or other equivalent coding certification within 18 months of hire is required for Surgery Registrars
Experience REQUIRED: One (1) year work experience in registry data abstraction/coding, or two (2) years of experience in medical data abstraction/coding
Proficiency with MS Office software including email, MS-Word, and MS-Excel
Experience PREFERRED: Experience in trauma or surgery registry abstraction/coding depending on job assignment
Expert skills using Windows-based software (word processing, spreadsheet, databases)
Abstracting experience using current requirements by state and national regulatory bodies
Experience with medical terminology and acronyms related to diagnosis, procedures, complications, and comorbid conditions
Experience with accurate and timely data entry and verification to maintain high standards of data quality control

Requirements

Education/training REQUIRED: Associate’s Degree in any field that includes two semesters of medical terminology and Anatomy/Physiology, or in medical records coding from an accredited program
Education/training PREFERRED: Completion of ICD-10 coding courses
Independent action(s) required: Performs daily chart reviews on specific patients
Assigns ICD-10 and other specialized codes and enters data into the registry
Interprets medical information
The Registrar is assigned patients of basic to moderate complexity including patients with multiple complications, including deaths
Must be willing and able to work evenings and weekends when necessary based on case volumes and state/national verification site surveys

Benefits

Physical Requirements: Physical lifting less than 20 lbs.
Activities: Prolonged sitting, Repetitive motion Keyboarding, Mouse
Mental/Sensory: Strong recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical thinking
Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady pace, Able to adapt to frequent change

Company Description

Inventing better care, day by day by discovery. We’ll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life.

One college and four health sciences schools
An academic medical center
A Level I trauma center
One of only two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia
The region’s only full-service children’s hospital
More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
Community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities, and valued partners in every field

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