Inpatient Rehab Documentation Coordinator

Baptist Health Arkansas; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Arkansas seeks an Inpatient Rehab Documentation Coordinator to ensure the medical record accurately reflects patient complexity and resources, linking clinical care, compliance, and reimbursement.

Reporting to the Rehab Quality/PPS Manager, the role includes serving as the RN representative for IDT conferences and performing direct clinical interviews and record reviews to align patient status with the IRF-PAI.

Qualifications

• Active RN license
• 3+ years experience in an Inpatient Rehab Facility (IRF) or Acute Care setting
• Proficiency in ICD-10-CM coding and Section GG functional scoring
• Ability to lead discussions with physicians, therapists and case managers

Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical documentation improvement for Inpatient Rehab to reflect patient complexity and resources.
• Serve as the RN representative for weekly Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) conferences.
• Perform direct clinical interviews and record reviews to align patient status with the IRF-PAI.

Skills

RN license

ICD-10-CM coding

Section GG scoring

IDT facilitation

Job description

Inpatient Rehab Documentation Coordinator

The Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Specialist for Inpatient Rehabilitation ensures the medical record accurately reflects patient complexity and resources, linking clinical care, compliance, and reimbursement. Reporting to the Rehab Quality/PPS Manager, this role also serves as the Registered Nurse (RN) representative for weekly Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) conferences, using direct clinical interviews and record reviews to align patient status with the IRF-PAI.

Other information:

• License: Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Experience: 3+ years of clinical experience in an Inpatient Rehab Facility (IRF) or Acute Care setting.
• Knowledge Base: Proficiency in ICD-10-CM coding and Section GG functional scoring.
• Communication: Ability to confidently lead discussions in a room of physicians, therapists, and case managers.
• Analytical Skills: High attention to detail with the ability to spot clinical inconsistencies across multiple disciplines.

This job will be authorized80.00 hours bi-weekly.

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