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Job Description: The Physician Advisor Services - CDI Specialist is responsible for improving the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of clinical documentation to ensure the medical record accurately reflects the patient's clinical status, supports optimal patient care, and fulfills regulatory, quality, and reimbursement requirements. Through concurrent and retrospective review, this role applie
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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