Dhivya Sukkur

• Assigned ICD-10-CM/CPT/HCPCS and DRG codes for inpatient admissions, facilitating accurate reimbursement and patient care continuity.
• Review documentation for completeness and coding accuracy.
• Collaborate with physicians on documentation clarification.
• Supported CDI initiatives and conducted coding quality audits to enhance documentation standards and compliance.
• Ensured compliance with DOH standards, maintaining regulatory integrity in coding practices.

▪ Collaborate with physicians and review ongoing admissions and optimize DRG by ensuring comprehensive documentation with supporting services.

▪ Maintain Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and achieve targeted Case Mix Index (CMI).

▪ Ensure proper resource utilisation and timely discharges for DRG cases and educate physicians to avoid unnecessary service orders.

▪ Oversaw declaration of consumables for elective cases to support accurate financial reporting. for elective cases to support positive DRG cost margin and ensure timely discharges.

▪ Optimized revenue generation by identifying and adding additional CPT codes for day-case surgeries and additional ICD codes in inpatient cases. ▪ Conducted a comparative analysis of DRG vs Day Case surgeries in Orthopedic and General Surgery departments and identified profitable procedures for both day-case and inpatient settings.

• Assigned ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes.
• Appealed coding denials with clinical justification.

▪ Surgical assistant in Renal Transplant (Living Donor and Cadaver transplantation), Vascular and General surgeries, with a primary responsibility for performing skin closure.

▪ History collection, Physical & Systemic Examination.

▪ Managed patient care activities in ward setting includes preparing discharge summaries and performing suture removals.

▪ Conducting daily rounds with physicians and ensuring the comprehensive documentation of medical assessments, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes in both patient case records and electronic medical record (EMR) software.

• Participating as a surgical assistant in vascular and Endovascular surgeries.
• Independently overseeing the care of inpatients, including admission, daily rounds, care plan development, pre- and post-operative care, wound management, discharge procedures, and patient education
• Conducting and assisting research-focused projects.