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The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists is a community in which CDI professionals share the latest tested tips, tools, and strategies to implement successful CDI programs and achieve professional growth. Its mission is to bring CDI specialists together.

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  ACDIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

May 14-15, 2009
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

The 2008 program drew hundreds of clinical documentation specialists from programs nationwide. Expert faculty identified the compliance areas affecting clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs, presented case studies, illustrated how to demonstrate the ROI of a CDI program to upper management, and much more. New sessions will be added for 2009 based on attendee requests. 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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Read helpful tips and timely news items related to clinical documentation improvement in our free bi-weekly eNewsletter.

The Latest News
  • News: ACDIS spearheads the development of a professional certification
  • News: AHIMA releases long-awaited final physician query practice brief
  • Pop quiz: Querying for the POA indicator
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    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.

     
     

    Diabetes classification integral to hospital quality measurement, correct code capture

    By James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS

    Every year, the government updates the ICD-9-CM codes we use to report illnesses. This year, effective October 1, ICD-9-CM introduces a bevy of new codes, including a new category for secondary diabetes mellitus and its complications.

    Reporting these codes to specify the etiology of diabetes increases our patients’ illness severity in risk adjustment physician and hospital profiling algorithms.


    Click here to read more.
     
     
      CDI Blog

    Updated with a new blog post on September 29!

    ACDIS on the home front: The growth of local chapters

    Lynne Spryszak, RN, writes about a local chapter she helped start up and offers advice for other CDI specialists on how to get started on building your own network of local peers.

    CDI Blog is a place in which your colleagues and peers talk about anything and everything related to the field of clinical documentation improvement. Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) members are welcomed to post their responses and comments to our blogger's posts.

     
     
      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.
     

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    Physician Queries:

    During this 90-minute live audio conference, our speakers will walk you through the new physician query practice brief guidelines (published in the October 2008 Journal of AHIMA), and offer practical steps for implementation, as well as offer samples of compliant and non-compliant queries for a variety of common diagnoses.

    ACDIS members receive a 20% discount on this product. To receive your discount either login or become a member. Or you can buy this product now.



    For additional training and other CDI resources, consider these helpful Web sites:

    http://hcprobootcamps.com

    www.DocuCompLLC.com

    www.DocuEd.com