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Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
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Seniority
Junior
Job Description
Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist
Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County
• Review and evaluate medical record documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance. • Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and coding professionals to ensure appropriate clinical documentation. • Identify opportunities for documentation improvement to support coding accuracy, reimbursement, and clinical outcomes. • Analyze medical records to ensure documentation supports quality care and appropriate reimbursement. • Formulate compliant, clinically sound physician queries.
Job Requirements
- Experience: 1-2 years of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) experience.
- Certification: Registered Nurse (RN)
- Knowledge of ICD-10-CM, MS-DRGs, coding guidelines, and compliance standards.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
- Comfortable using MS Office, email, VPNs, virtual machines, two-factor authentication, and video conferencing tools (MS Teams, Zoom, etc.).
- Experience using 3M and Epic preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Collaborative, mission-driven team environment.
- Opportunities for continuous learning, education and professional growth.
- Leadership that values your expertise and input.
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