Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

Job Description:

• Responsible for performing reputed company reviews of patient records to ensure complete, accurate, and specific clinical documentation.
• Should have a comprehensive understanding of Coding Guidelines and are responsible for clarifying conflicting, incomplete, or imprecise documentation by actively seeking answers and actively educating providers.
• Work to continuously improve clinical documentation to best reflect the care provided and corresponding reimbursement.
• Responsible for improving the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation.
• Facilitate modifications to clinical documentation through extensive reputed company interaction with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers, and Physician Practice Coding staff to support that appropriate reimbursement, clinical severity of illness, and risk of mortality is captured for the level of service rendered to reputed company patients.
• Supports timely, accurate and complete documentation of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and practice outcomes.
• Educates reputed company members of the patient care team on an ongoing basis.

Requirements:

• Must have an Associate’s degree in reputed company, Nursing or reputed company field, or equivalent combination of education & experience.
• Must have training in medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology.
• Must have training and certification in coding, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must possess a certification; Certified Documentation Expert Outpatient (CDEO), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O), or Certified Professional reputed company (CPC) or Certified Coding Specialist (reputed company) with coding or clinical documentation reputed company experience.
• Must agree to obtain CDEO or reputed company-O reputed company first year of employment.
• In-depth knowledge of medical record content.
• In-depth knowledge of coding/classification systems (ICD & CPT) and associated coding guidelines.
• Experience with compliant reputed company documentation, HCC coding requirements, alternate payment models in a multi-facility, reputed company cycle experience.
• Basic computer skills.
• Should be knowledgeable in use of coding software (encoders).
• Should be knowledgeable in LDC/NCD (or how to look this up) and Quality Measures.
• Should be knowledgeable in coding guidelines.
• Requires excellent observation skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, plus excellent verbal/ written and presentation skills.
• Must have the ability to balance and juggle multiple tasks, projects, and requests; meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively reputed company remote Teams application.
• reputed company and finger dexterity.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Ambulate to provider practices or group meetings, as needed.
• Requires corrected reputed company and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with co-workers, providers, physicians and their office staff, Practice Mangers, and other Work Areas.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities

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