Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Day Shift
Description:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, standards, policies, procedures and decisions. Demonstrates understanding of appropriate clinical documentation, to ensure that the severity of illness, risk of mortality and level of services provided are accurately reflected in the health record. Assists in overall quality, timeliness and completeness of the health record to ensure appropriate data, provider communication and quality outcomes. Serves as a resource for appropriate clinical documentation. Communicates with and educates physicians and all other members of the healthcare team regarding clinical documentation and monitors provider engagement. Identifies learning opportunities for healthcare providers. Conducts concurrent reviews of selected patient health records to address legibility, clarity, completeness, consistency and precision of clinical documentation. Formulates compliant clarifications/queries following Trinity Health's documentation integrity procedures. Interacts with physicians, nurses and ancillary staff regarding compliant documentation requirements, clarification/query requests and educational opportunities. Accurately codes all relevant, appropriate and compliant working diagnoses codes, establishing a working principle diagnosis and working DRG (MS or APR). Collaborates with coding staff to ensure documentation of discharge diagnoses and co-morbidities are a complete reflection of the patient's clinical status and care. Resolves all discrepancies in a courteous manner. Demonstrates expertise in problem-solving skills based on theoretical knowledge, clinical experience and sound judgement and serves as a professional role model by demonstrating desirable practice behaviors. Proficient with leveraging the functions of 3M/360 for entering data related to CDI efficiencies and effectiveness. Performs other duties as assigned by leadership. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, accrediting agencies, Trinity Health's Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, Code of Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
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