THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. WORK LOCATION IS IN LAS VEGAS, NV
Position Summary: Responsible for improving the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation. Facilitates modifications to clinical documentation through extensive interactions with physicians, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and Health Information Management (HIM) coding staff to ensure that appropriate reimbursement and clinical severity is captured for the level of service rendered to all patients with a DRG based payer.
Education/Experience:
Option 1: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and five (5) years of clinical nursing experience and three (3) years clinical documentation improvement experience.
Option 2: Physician graduate International MD with 5 years acute care experience and 1 year Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience.
Option 3: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or Health Information Technology and four (4) years professional coding and abstracting medical records in an acute care hospital.
Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Option 1:
License: Valid State of Nevada to practice as a Registered Nurse,
Certifications: One of the following:
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O)
- Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP)
Options 2 and 3:
License: None
Certification: One of the following:
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) issued by the AHIMA
- Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) issued by the AHIMA
- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) issued by the AHIMA
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Professional Coder-Physician-based (CPC-P)
PLUS: One of the following:
- Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP)
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $76,000.00 - $117,800.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
Schedule:
Work Location: In person