Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist focuses on the accuracy, completeness and consistency of inpatient clinical documentation to support coding and reporting of high-quality healthcare data. The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist performs concurrent chart reviews to validate that the clinical documentation in the medical record appropriately describes the patient’s severity of illness, complexity of care, and risk of mortality to facilitate appropriate coding. The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist utilizes advanced knowledge of disease processes, medications, and has critical thinking to analyze current documentation to identify gaps in clinical documentation. The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist facilitates appropriate modifications to documentation through extensive interactions and collaborations with providers, coding, quality, and case management teams. This team member serves as an effective change agent as a resource an...