Trauma Registry Coordinator (Trauma Data Abstractor)

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Trauma Registry Coordinator provides trauma coding and abstracting services for the Trauma Center at LCMC. Responsible to manage and maintain the hospital's trauma data collection process and registry for the clinical outcomes databases for the Trauma Program. This is accomplished through identification of eligible trauma patients for inclusion into the database in accordance with appropriate rules and policies. This position is fully remote after 2 months of onsite training.

Requirements

2 years of Coding/ Trauma Register, Chart Review, and medical record abstraction
High School Diploma/GED or equivalent
Registered Health Information Technician Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM)
Registered Health Information Administrator Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM)
Certified Coding Specialist Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM)
ICD-10 CM coding
Critical thinking skills
compassion
attention to detail
organizational skills
calm under pressure
patience
communication skills

Nice To Haves

Trauma One Software and Epic EMR Experience
AHIMA Accredited RHIA or RHIT Program
Abbreviated Injury Severity Scoring Knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Concurrently identifies, abstracts and enters data for Trauma registry patients in accordance with NTDB and TQIP standards in the designated timeframe.
Updates and maintains all trauma patient logs and assists in tracking patients throughout the system.
Assigns International Classification of Disease, Tenth Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD 10 CM) codes and Association of the Advancement of Automotive Medicine’s (AAAM) codes for trauma related injuries and procedures.
Monitors the occurrence of certain complications in accordance with NTDB, TQIP and hospital performance improvement (PI) initiatives.
Creates and generates reports in support of the trauma Performance Improvement (PI) program for required statistics and for physicians’ research.
Serves as the primary communicator with the trauma registry vendor on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance with all NTDB and TQIP fields as well as internal and external resources related to hardware, software and network issues.
Exports data by scheduled submission dates.
Reviews validation reports and makes the appropriate corrections.
Establishes working relationships with members of the hospital community including staff in various departments whose support is necessary for the management and success of the program.
Works closely with the appropriate manager to ensure PI fallouts, complications, follow up and loop closure are identified, reviewed and documented.
Completes the American Trauma Society’s Trauma Registrar Course, AAAM Injury Scaling Course and the Trauma registry specific continuing education as required.
Participates in program webinars as indicated.
Attends the TQIP National Conference as indicated.