CDI Manager/ Assistant Manager

•Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, or equivalent; Master’s

•12+ years of CDI or related clinical coding experience, with 4+ years in management

•CDI certification (CCDS, CDIP) or AHIMA/AAPC credential is a strong plus

•Strong stakeholder engagement, coaching, and changing management skills

12+ years of experience in Clinical Documentation Integrity professionals with clinical expertise, inpatient hospital coding, or inpatient clinical documentation integrity/improvement experience

• Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity/Improvement experience
• Inpatient hospital clinical critical care experience (examples include hands on patient experience in the Emergency Department, Critical Care, and Med/Surg units)
• Inpatient hospital coding, including the MS-DRG structure
• Inpatient CDI experience (not HCC or physician office-based)
• Clinical knowledge (e.g., sepsis, pneumonia, CHF, respiratory failure)
• Strong understanding of DRG assignment and optimization
• Experience reviewing inpatient medical records
• Familiarity with ICD-10-CM/PCS coding
• Knowledge of clinical indicators, query writing
• Ability to identify inpatient physician documentation gaps
• Understanding of principal diagnosis selection
• Familiarity with MS-DRG

INPATIENT CDI EXPERIENCE

• Inpatient CDI experience (not HCC or physician office-based)

INPATIENT CODING EXPERIENCE

Understanding of:

• o MS-DRG assignment and optimization
• o ICD-10-CM/PCS coding
• o Principal diagnosis selection
• Experience reviewing inpatient medical records

CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Clinical knowledge (e.g., sepsis, pneumonia, CHF, respiratory failure)
• Knowledge of clinical indicators, query writing.

• Ability to identify inpatient physician documentation gaps

CCDS/CDIP or AHIMA/AAPC equivalent credential

Proficiency in DRG optimization, clinical documentation standards, and mentoring

Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and decision-making skills