Clinical Documentation Specialist

Description

Facilitates appropriate clinical documentation for reimbursement, severity of illness and risk of mortality by advising and teaching physicians and other clinical staff. Develops and implements educational plans to communicate the principles and importance of accurate and complete documentation to members of the medical staff. Serves as a resource on documentation requirements and ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Employees in this classification typically analyze, compare and evaluate various courses of action and have the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of their responsibilities. Primary activities and decision making authority are predominantly performed independently affecting business operations to a substantial degree. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.

Movements To

The list below shows actual job titles that staff moved to when they were in the position you selected and the frequency of occurrences. This data has been collected since September 1, 2005, and continues to expand as time goes on.

Movements To
U-M Job Title	Frequency	Role	Open Jobs
Administrative Specialist Intermediate Healthcare	1	Professional	0
Auditor Senior	1	Professional	0
Business Systems Analyst Intermediate	1	Professional	3
Clinical Information Analyst Senior	10	Professional	1
Clinical Research Coordinator Healthcare	1	Professional	0
Compliance Auditor Intermediate	2	Professional	0
Financial or Business Analyst Senior	6	Professional	1
Medical Coder Compliance Specialist	1	Professional	0
Medical Coder Outpatient	2	Professional	1
Program Evaluation Specialist	1	Professional	1
Project Intermediate Manager	2	Professional	1
Revenue Cycle Accounts Receivable/Reimbursement Specialist	1	Professional	0
Revenue Cycle Coding Manager	1	Managerial	0
Training Specialist Intermediate	1	Professional	0

Movements From

The list below shows actual job titles held by staff when they moved into the position you selected and the frequency of occurrences. This data has been collected since September 1, 2005, and continues to expand as time goes on.

Movements From
U-M Job Title	Frequency	Role	Open Jobs
Administrative Assistant Senior Healthcare	1	Professional	3
Auditor Senior	5	Professional	0
Business Systems Analyst Associate	58	Professional	0
Business Systems Analyst Intermediate	1	Professional	3
Cancer Registrar	1	Professional	1
Financial Consultant Healthcare	3	Professional	0
Medical Coder Compliance Specialist	2	Professional	0
Medical Coder Inpatient	1	Professional	0
Medical Coder Outpatient	1	Professional	1
Pre-Certification Specialist	2	Professional	1
Revenue Cycle Accounts Receivable/Reimbursement Specialist	1	Professional	0
Revenue Cycle Coding Manager	2	Managerial	0
Utilization Review Appeals Specialist	1	Professional	2

Paths Within Bands

Paths Within Bands
Path Level	U-M Job Title	Career Band	Role	Open Jobs
HA100	Medical Records Clerk	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA110	Medical Records Technician	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA130	Health Information Analyst	Health Information Management	Professional	3
HA130	Medical Transcriptionist	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA140	Medical Records Research Coordinator	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA150	Health Record Analyst	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA150	Medical Coder Non-Certified	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA150	QA Transcription Analyst	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA160	Cancer Registrar	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA160	Cancer Registrar Non-Certified	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA160	Medical Coder Outpatient	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA160	Pre-Certification Specialist	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA170	Medical Coder Inpatient	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA170	Medical Information Supervisor	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA170	Medical Records Administrator RHIT	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA170	Medical Transcription Supervisor	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA170	Mental Health Case Manager	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA180	Diagnosis Related Group Coordinator	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA180	Medical Coder Compliance Specialist	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA180	Medical Records Coding Services Supervisor	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA180	Utilization Management Coordinator	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA180	Utilization Review Technician	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA190	Clinical Documentation Specialist	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA190	Clinical Information Analyst Associate	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA190	Health Information Management Supervisor	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA200	Clinical Information Analyst Intermediate	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA200	Medical Information Services Manager	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA200	Utilization Review Appeals Specialist	Health Information Management	Professional	2
HA210	Clinical Information Analyst Senior	Health Information Management	Professional	1
HA210	Clinical Information Reporting Senior	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA210	Health Data Analyst Lead	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA210	Health Information Management Manager	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA220	Clinical Information Analyst Lead	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA220	Health Information Management Senior Manager	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA230	Clinical Information Analyst Staff Specialist	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA230	Medical Information Administrator	Health Information Management	Professional	0
HA240	Health Information Services Director	Health Information Management	Managerial	0
HA250	Health Information Management Top Executive System	Health Information Management	Managerial	0

Clinical Documentation Specialist

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