Position Highlights:
- Position: Clinical Documentation Specialist
- Location: Elmhurst, IL
- Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
A Brief Overview:
Facilitates integrity in the overall quality, completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation. Obtains appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers and Medical Records coding staff to ensure the clinical documentation reflects the level of service rendered to patients and is complete and accurate. Educates all members of the patient care team on documentation guidelines on an ongoing basis.
What you will do:
- Reviews clinical documentation and facilitates clarifications, as needed, to ensure that documentation accurately reflects the reason for admission, intensity of service rendered, risk of mortality, severity of illness, and conditions present on admission for all patients, in compliance with government regulations and ACDIS/AHIMA practice standards.
- Initiates inpatient chart review of provider documentation, lab and diagnostic treatment results, and plans of care typically within 48 hours of admission.
- Conducts follow-up reviews at regular intervals, in general not to exceed 4 days, to ensure that the working DRG is accurate and documentation is complete.
- Conducts retrospective review of cases when requested by the HIM coding team. Reviews may include evaluation of mortalities for complete documentation, and cases with triggered patient safety indicators and hospital acquired conditions to ensure that they are accurately assigned.
- Develops queries per departmental guidelines when opportunities to clarify documentation are identified. Follows up with physician or advanced practice clinician to ensure that queries are completed.
- Initiates referrals to staff in the quality department when potential issues are identified during review.
- Records and maintains an ongoing record of the results of each chart review in the dedicated CDI data base.
- Serves as a resource to physicians and other members of the healthcare team in matters relating to DRG assignment, ICD 10 code assignment, and assignment of SOI/ROM scores.
- Maintains a level of practice demonstrating knowledge and understanding of AHIMA Practice Briefs, ACDIS Code of Ethics, and official Coding Guidelines
- Reconciles DRG discrepancies collaboratively with HIM team to ensure an accurate compilation of the final codes.
- Provides periodic informal and formal in-service updates to medical staff and other disciplines on documentation issues using both one-on- one and group forums.
- Develops and disseminates approved documentation improvement literature.
- Works with HIM, finance and physician groups to develop work systems/processes to facilitate complete documentation for data reporting purposes.
What you will need:
- Associates Degree Nursing Required Or
- Bachelors Degree Nursing Preferred
- 5+ Years of clinical (nursing and/or HIM) experience And
- 1 Year Previous experience in clinical documentation integrity
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Required
Benefits:
- Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
- Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Free Parking
- Wellness Program Savings Plan
- Health Savings Account Options
- Retirement Options with Company Match
- Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
- Community Involvement Opportunities
Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.
When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.
Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to “help everyone in our communities be their best”.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.
EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.
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