Specialist I - Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity (ICDI)

Mayo Clinic • Phoenix, AZ

9d • $78,270 - $117,312

About The Position

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to putting patients first and investing in its employees with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. This role offers continuing education and advancement opportunities for a long, successful career. The Specialist I - Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity (ICDI) position focuses on ensuring accurate representation of patient severity of illness, validating clinical documentation for medical necessity and accurate coding, and ensuring documentation reflects patient's clinical status, risk of mortality, and care complexity. The role requires advanced knowledge of disease processes, pathophysiology, medications, and critical thinking to identify and remedy documentation gaps, and to identify opportunities for improvement in concurrent and retrospective documentation. The Specialist will ensure compliance with regulatory standards, collaborate with various healthcare professionals, and act as an educator and change agent for improved documentation practices. Responsibilities may include ICDI DRG Secondary Reviews and supporting audit activities, while maintaining compliance with ethical, legal, and coding standards. Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication skills are essential. The role requires self-motivation, the ability to work independently, and collaboratively in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. Flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, may be required to meet business demands. The selection process may include an OnDemand (pre-recorded) interview. This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship, visa transfer, or F-1 STEM OPT extension.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree
• 2 years of experience as an Inpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS).
• Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) OR Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification

Responsibilities

• Reviews inpatient and/or outpatient medical records to ensure accurate representation of severity of illness.
• Validates that clinical documentation supports medical necessity of services and accurate coding.
• Ensures documentation reflects patient’s clinical status, risk of mortality, and care complexity.
• Applies advanced knowledge of disease processes, pathophysiology, medications, and critical thinking to identify and remedy documentation gaps.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement in concurrent and retrospective documentation.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards related to documentation, coding, and billing.
• Collaborates with physicians, coders, case managers, nurses, and other staff to improve documentation quality.
• Acts as an educator and resource to clinical staff, promoting best practices in documentation.
• Acts as a change agent for improved documentation and enhanced documentation practices.
• May perform ICDI DRG Secondary Reviews as well as support audit related activities.
• Maintains compliance with ethical, legal, and coding standards.
• Demonstrates strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, with physicians, leadership, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and without close supervision.
• Works collaboratively in a dynamic, team-oriented environment.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed to meet business demands.

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options.
• Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree