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TEKsystems

RN Clinical Documentation Specialist

TEKsystems, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Description This will be a 6-9 month set contract needed to support automation within the business office. Contract may extend longer. 100% remote role; but must sit in Iowa, Illinois, or Wisconsin.

Qualifications

Searching for an RN who has 2-3 years working as a Clinical Documentation Integrity RN in the acute care inpatient setting with experience in the adult patient population.

You need to have experience collaborating with other clinicians, coding staff, and CDI leaders on medical records/charting to help improve data integrity.

Epic experience is also required.

The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) is responsible for performing concurrent review of medical records to ensure complete and accurate clinical documentation to support severity of illness, risk of mortality for outcomes reporting, and for hospital reimbursement.

The position requires a strong attention to detail and process orientation and an ability to think globally about documentation requirements in the medical records.

The CDS must communicate effectively in oral and written form to physicians and other clinicians to promote accurate and complete documentation during the patient’s course of care.

CDS supports the hospital’s overall compliance efforts designed to ensure the accuracy of diagnosis and procedural coding, Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignment, severity of illness (SOI), and expected risk of mortality (ROM).

Daily Duties

Conducts reviews of designated medical records to facilitate the creation of a health record that accurately represents the acuity of the patient’s illness and the resources used to treat the patient by ensuring provider documentation supports all applicable diagnosis codes.

Ensures assignment of the working DRG is supported by diagnostic and procedural findings from the medical record. This will include the identification of secondary diagnosis that may result in Complications and Co-morbidities (CC) and/or Major Complications and Co-morbidities (MCC) assignment.

Utilizes a compliant query process per guidelines and policies and follows each query through closure including complete documentation of ongoing follow up and communication.

Maintains integrity and compliance of medical record reviews, clinical documentation integrity documentation, and queries.

Efficiently and effectively utilizes UnityPoint Health’s selected CDI software and processes (i.e. CDI worksheet and workflow, physician query, query and DRG reconciliation processes).

Meets the minimum productivity and quality assurance standards established by the CDI department.

Collaborates with coding staff and leaders for improved knowledge and understanding of coding guidelines.

Collaborates with physicians and/or other hospital staff to coordinate work and resolve issues.

Collaborates with Clinical Documentation Integrity leaders to provide feedback and receive work direction.

Collaborates with other hospital departments as needed and directed by CDI leaders.

Skills Required

Registered Nurse Certification

Clinical Documentation Integrity RN experience in an adult acute care setting – 3 years

Experience collaborating with other clinicians, coding staff, and CDI leaders on medical records/charting to help improve data integrity

Epic Experience Is Also Required.

Work from home space required

Pay And Benefits The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $41.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision

Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Equal Opportunity Statement The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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