Biography:
Victoria is an RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator), a Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), a Certified Coding Specialist Physician-Based (CCS-P), and an AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare field. Victoria is the Founder of a coding, auditing, and CDI company called Integrity Coding Solutions. Before starting her company, she was the Regional Director of Coding Audit and Education for a California-based integrated healthcare delivery system covering 21 facilities with 160+ coders and CDI staff. She specialized in providing the following: initial and ongoing coding and CDI education, specialty-specific training, department presentations, and one-on-one feedback to coding, CDI staff, physicians, local, regional and national leadership. Victoria is also an Adjunct Professor in Health Information Technology at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California.