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Remote NICU Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist
Apply now to join our healthcare team as a NICU Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Specialist. In this remote role, you will ensure precise and comprehensive documentation for neonatal intensive care patients, collaborating with a dedicated team to enhance documentation quality and ensure compliant reimbursement. Join our healthcare team today!
<>Job Details</>- Employment Type: Remote, Full-time
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: Ongoing
- Shift: 8-hour days, 5 shifts per week
- Estimated Weekly Salary: $2030-$2190
- Registered Nurse (RN), Nurse Practitioner (NP), MD/DO, or advanced clinical background with NICU or neonatal care experience required
- CDIP, CCDS, or CCS certification preferred
- Minimum 3 years of CDI experience, with direct involvement in pediatric or neonatal populations
- Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, APR-DRG methodology, and clinical indicators for common NICU diagnoses
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-based environment
- Review NICU patient medical records concurrently to ensure documentation supports accurate severity of illness (SOI), risk of mortality (ROM), and APR-DRG assignment
- Initiate and track clinical documentation queries to providers to clarify or obtain missing information
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, case managers, and coders to promote best practices in clinical documentation
- Educate providers on documentation opportunities specific to neonatal critical care
- Serve as a NICU subject matter expert to the broader CDI and coding teams
- Participate in audits, reporting, and performance monitoring to assess impact of CDI efforts
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