Musc (Med. Univ Of South Carolina) Columbia , SC 29209
Posted 3 days ago
Job Description Summary
The RN - Clinical Documentation Specialist I reports to the Manager, Clinical Documentation. Under general supervision, the RN - Clinical Documentation Specialist I conducts reviews of inpatient electronic medical records to identify missing, vague, and/or incomplete diagnoses and facilitates appropriate physician documentation to accurately reflect patient severity of illness and risk of mortality. In collaboration with the medical staff, faculty and residents, HPA, UR, coding, HIS, Quality and the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, this role is charged with improving the quality of documentation for physicians and all caregivers.
Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Cost Center
CC003762 COL - CDI Chart Documentation (DMC)
Pay Rate Type
Salary
Pay Grade
Health-27
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Work Shift
Job Description
The Clinical Documentation Specialist is responsible for analyzing and auditing medical records concurrently to ensure that the clinical information within the medical record is specific, accurate, clinically valid, complete, and compliant. In addition, the Clinical Documentation Specialist is responsible for educating physicians, non-physician clinicians, nurses, and other staff to facilitate documentation within the medical record that reflects the most accurate severity of illness, expected risk of mortality, hospital acquired conditions, patient safety indicators, hierarchical condition categories, and level of service rendered.
Additional Job Description
Education: High School Degree or Equivalent Work Experience: 0-6months
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