Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

Additional Requirements (must be obtained or completed within a period of time) :

• Knowledge of clinical documentation requirements related to regulatory and reimbursement rules and regulations.
• Knowledge of current coding and DRG classification systems.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and pathophysiology, pharmacology, ancillary test results.
• Knowledge of ICD-10-CM and DRG classification systems.
• Knowledge of physician and nursing unit practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, critical thinking and conflict management skills.
• Computer and data analysis skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to identify issues, obtain relevant information, relate and compare data from different sources and identify alternative solutions.
• Attention to detail: Achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task
• Critical Thinking: Gathers and integrated critical information, recognizing and addressing underlying assumptions of others to arrive at effective solutions.
• Medical Staff Relations: Builds effective partnerships with medical staff, physicians, fostering open lines of communications and establishing trust.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information, utilizes appropriate tools and staff resources along with sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.
• Written Communication: Ability to organize and express information and ideas in written form to individuals as well as groups. Constructs messages that are clear and convincing.