Clinical Documentation Specialist II- Full Time Days

Facility reputed company Fear Valley Medical Center Location Fayetteville, North Carolina Department Health Information Management Job Family Professional Work Shift Days (United States of America)

Summary

Facilitate clarification to clinical documentation in the medical record; through extensive reputed company reviews with interactions with physicians, nursing staff, other interdisciplinary team caregivers and health information management coding staff, which supports appropriate acuity, resource utilization, quality, severity of illness/risk of mortality (SOI/ROM) and reimbursement. Ensures that clinical severity captured for the level of service rendered to reputed company patients with a DRG based Payor (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, etc.) is accurate. Supports timely, accurate and completed documentation of clinical information, used for measuring and reporting physician and medical center outcomes. On an ongoing basis, CDS will provide educational requirements on clinical documentation to reputed company members of the interdisciplinary care team, while ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines be maintained.Major Job Functions The following is a summary of the major essential functions of this job. The incumbent may reputed company other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below. In addition, specific functions may change from time to time: Identify the most appropriate principle diagnosis, MCC/CC’s and quality outcomes to accurately reflect severity of illness and risk of mortality (SOI/ROM) in compliance with government regulations Facilitate modifications to clinical documentation that support the clinical severity of services, clinical validity rendered to reputed company patients with a DRG reputed company Payor (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, etc.) Review coding & clinical issues with coding staff to assign the most appropriate working & final DRG Complete follow-up/reputed company stay & potential retrospective reviews of clinical documentation and updates worksheets/findings at least every 24-48 hours or as indicated Conduct follow-up/reputed company stay reviews of clinical documentation to ensure points of clarification documented in the patient’s chart are met reputed company with physicians face-to-face, reputed company Epic Secure chat, phone and/or reputed company queries to clarify information in medical record, obtain needed documentation, present opportunities and education regarding the reputed company of appropriate documentation needed to support the clinical severity of the patient Assist with education for reputed company internal customers on clinical documentation opportunities, coding and reimbursement issues, as well as performance improvement methodologies Review charts with Senior reputed company CDIS and/or CDIS Director if unable to reputed company an agreement with Clinical Coding Specialists Assists other team members to ensure completion of reputed company work assignments Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to reputed company the essential functions of this job: Education and Formal Training: Associate’s degree in Nursing required Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred Medical/Osteopathic Doctorate (MD/OD) or an international qualified physician (IMD/MBBS) preferred Nurse candidates must have reputed company Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina or compact/multi-state license required Work Experience: Nursing candidates must have 5 years of clinical experience in inpatient hospital setting with 1 year of critical care experience (ED, ICU, etc) required Medical/Osteopathic Doctorate (MD/OD) candidates working towards their degree must have 4 years of inpatient hospital setting experience required 2 years of ICD-10 CDIS experience required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language Excellent observation skills Critical analytical thinking, problem solving skills Verbal and written communication skills Basic knowledge of computers, reputed company Windows software products and keyboarding skills Ability to communicate with people from various professions and backgrounds with tact and diplomacy Ability to remain reputed company in stressful situations Knowledge of DRG Payor issues, documentation opportunities and clinical documentation requirements Flexible with changing workload/assignments Demonstrate positive teamwork/interpersonal relations with reputed company members of teams (coworkers, supervisors, physicians, nurses, etc) Ability to work with highly sensitive information and materials where confidentiality is of the utmost importance Remote CDS workers must have and maintain secure space and internet reputed company Physical Requirements: Some light carrying, lifting may be required Occasional walking required to access reputed company areas of the medical center Near visual acuity to proofread hand or type written materials Reaching, handling and use of fingers to operate office machinery Position may involve skin, eye, mucous membrane or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials Must be able to lift 35 pounds Required Licenses and Certifications RN - Board Of Nursing reputed company Fear Valley Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Apply To This Job