CDI Nurse Specialist: Elevate Clinical Documentation

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Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinctionstatus for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Provides thorough concurrent review of medical record clinical documentation to capture documented and potential principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses and procedures affecting DRG assignment and profiling outcomes. Queries the medical staff and other caregivers as necessary via written/verbal communication to obtain accurate and complete physician documentation that supports DRG assignment and the severity of patient illness and risk of mortality.

Minimum Education: Associate’s Degree in Nursing
Minimum Years of

Experience:

3 Years of Clinical Experience in an Acute Care Setting
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current RN License to Practice in the State of South Carolina;
Currently has certification from ACDIS (Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist - CCDS) or AHMIA
(Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner - CDIP) OR eligible certification must be obtained from one of these entities within 2 years of entry into the role.
Required Training: None

• Collaborates with physician, physician extender, nurse, case manager/utilization reviewer and Medical Records coder to identify principal diagnosis options, secondary diagnoses and procedures, to assign working DRGs for identified populations.
• Identifies need to clarify documentation in records. Utilizes strong communication skills with physician, physician extender, case manager, utilization reviewer, nurse or other healthcare professionals, utilizing appropriate tools to capture needed documentation.
• Able to conduct thorough medical record review on initial and extended-stay concurrent reviews on all selected inpatient admission and documents findings to identify MCCs/CCs, PSI, HAC, mortality second-level review, and patient length of stay that supports patient’s severity of illness and risk of mortality denoting all key information utilized in the tracking process.
• Maintains complete confidentiality of patient information, in addition to hospital and individual physician practice pattern data.
• Assure all documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant, supporting acute or chronic conditions and medical necessity.

• Develop and sustain positive working relationships with providers, advanced practice providers, administrators, peers, and other collaborating departments to promote the success of the CDI program.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks with workflow.
• Stay up to date with industry standards by participating in internal and external continuing education related to ACDIS, ICD-10-CM coding, ICD-10-PCS coding, AHA Coding Clinics, and CMS Official…