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The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists is a community in which CDI professionals share strategies for successful CDI programs and achieve professional growth. Its mission is to bring CDI specialists together.

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ACDIS annual conference

June 3-4, 2010 Hyatt Regency, Chicago

Planning for our 2010 conference is underway and next year promises to be better than ever featuring the following special events:

Preconference (June 2): ICD-9 Coding Essentials: What every CDI specialist needs to know
Postconference (June 5): Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam

Join us in Chicago in 2010 for the 3rd annual ACDIS conference.Sign up today and join your colleagues for this one-of-a-kind event! ACDIS members save $100 off the registration fee.

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CDI STRATEGIES

Read helpful tips and timely news items related to clinical documentation improvement in our free bi-weekly eNewsletter.

The Latest News

News: Four states start ZPIC reviews, others begin soon

News: ICD-9 to ICD-10 code conversion conference call slated for Nov. 19

Strategy: Position your CDI role to meet the evolving world of healthcare reform

ACDIS members receive a quarterly journal with in-depth articles on data mining, improving documentation on disease-specific topics, physician query and communication strategies, case studies, and more. Click here to download the latest issue.

Need to brush up on issues critical to documentation improvement? We've created a series of online courses, complete with CE credits and interactive "test your knowledge exercises," to meet your needs.

Click here to view the courses currently available in the ACDIS library.

2010 ICD-9-CM updates: Dealing with venous disease code changes

by Robert S. Gold, MD

If you didn’t participate in the August 26 audio conference titled, “The Impact of the New and Revised 2010 ICD-9-CM Codes,” in which Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, and I spoke about the 2010 ICD-9-CM changes, this article is for you.

Let’s start with the concept of acute and chronic pulmonary embolism (PE) and thrombosis and embolism of the venous system. In spite of these titles being inappropriate, we must learn to analyze a medical record and frame a physician query so the medical staff won’t give you a “What are you, nuts?” response.

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CDI Blog

Visit the ACDIS Blog for the latest news and commentary on the clinical documentation specialist profession. Share your troubles and triumphs while interacting with industry leaders and your peers by commenting on the posts.

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CDI TALK

CDI Talk is a great way to interact with your clinical documentation improvement colleagues across the country. Click here to get more involved.

ACDIS 2nd Annual Conference: Audio Recordings

Always have access to the 2nd Annual Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists Annual Conference, by adding this valuable resource to your professional library. This set of recordings includes sessions from the 2009 conference.

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