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Job Description
Join Mercy as an Associate Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist and be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to providing compassionate care. This role involves reviewing inpatient medical records to ensure accurate clinical documentation while collaborating with healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Provide clinically based, concurrent and retrospective reviews of inpatient medical records
Identify opportunities and ensure accuracy and completeness of clinical documentation
Collaborate with inpatient care providers for accurate, complete, compliant documentation
Reflect true Severity of Illness (SOI), Risk of Mortality (ROM), and service intensity
Required Qualifications
RN, BSN, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CIC, CCDS, or CDIP
1-year related experience in acute care inpatient nursing or inpatient coding or HIM
Excellent critical thinking skills
Excellent communication skills (written and verbally)
Strong computer skills including typing ability
Data entry and record review with ability to interpret clinical data
Detail oriented
Ability to work independently
Preferred Qualifications
3 years nursing, inpatient coding, or other HIM role in acute hospital setting
Knowledge of diagnosis-related groups (DRG), prospective payment systems, and hospital quality performance initiative
Utilization review/case management experience
CCDS (Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist) from ACDIS or CDIP (Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner) from AHIMA
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive health, vision and dental coveragePTOTuition reimbursementEmployer-matched retirement funds