To stay ahead of the changing environment, ACDIS strives for continuous innovation and improvement. We are proud to offer both the 2025 ACDIS Pocket Guide,our traditional spiral-bound CDI resource, and ACDIS PRO, our new electronic reference tool that contains all of the information you're accustomed to viewing in theACDIS Pocket Guide(and more!) in a customizable online resource. Learn more below!
Conditions covered in the 2025 ACDIS Pocket Guide are now organized in alphabetical order! Each diagnosis listed is accompanied by a detailed clinical definition of the condition; clinical indicators that support the presenting condition, including diagnostic criteria and treatment protocols; ICD-10-CM chapter-specific documentation requirements, including the latest coding clinic guidance specific to the condition; CDI critical thinking tips; provider-focused education advice related to the diagnoses; and references and resources for additional information. The majority of the pocket guide is dedicated to clinical validation and diagnostic definitions, which includes an expansive listing of diagnoses significant to CDI practice.
The 2025 ACDIS Pocket Guide offers the latest information CDI professionals need to know include:
Fiscal year 2025 guidelines
AHA 2024 Coding Clinic guidance
New provider tips from James Manz, MD, CCDS-O of Mayo Clinic
Updated critical thinking tips, treatment protocols, and diagnostic criteria
The latest updates related to social determinants of health
The inclusion of 75+ conditions
Plus, the Comorbid Conditions Offering Impact table has been updated include more specific codes and to highlight those conditions that directly impact certain Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) quality programs: Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC), Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), 30-Day Mortality, and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program/30-Day Readmissions (HRRP).
CDI's TRUSTED PLATFORM TO NAVIGATE MEDICAL RECORD REVIEWS
ACDIS PRO delivers all the decision-making information necessary to conduct medical record reviews in an easy to reference online app! CDI specialists rely on ACDIS PRO as their go-to resource for trusted clinical indicators for compliant and effective physician queries.
Quickly look up the latest clinical definitions, diagnostic criteria, treatment protocols, coding considerations, and critical thinking tips for over 90 clinical conditions.
Search and sort, take notes, bookmark tips, and set reminders within your own customizable user interface.
Benefit from regular automated updates to query, coding, and documentation changes as they happen so your reference is never out of date.*
Introducing Patient Safety Indicators!
And now, ACDIS PRO provides the information CDI specialists need to understand which codes trigger a patient safety indicator (PSI) in the Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite (PSI 90) and which exclude the patient encounter from reporting.
When reviewing records for encounters that could trigger a PSI in PSI 90, CDI specialists want to ensure that all information is captured correctly. Erroneously reported PSIs might indicate your hospital is delivering lower quality of care! Did you know that with certain CMS quality measures organizations that report higher quality of care receive greater reimbursement for Medicare patients? Ensure your organization is receiving the reimbursement it deserves!
ACDIS PRO provides users with access to the information needed to properly report these PSIs and to identify exclusions that would remove an encounter from a PSI, resulting in a positive impact on their organizations’ reimbursement rates.
*Changes implemented on a quarterly basis, if not more frequently, depending on the significance of the change.
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Prescott is an experienced CDI subject matter expert, former interim ACDIS director, and former CDI education director at HCPro. While at ACDIS and HCPro, she was also the lead developer and instructor for the CDI Boot Camps as well as a member of the CCDS-O certification committee and the ACDIS Advisory Board; she also frequently spoke on the ACDIS Podcast and at ACDIS conferences and webinars. She is the author of The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist’s Complete Training Guide and the ACDIS Pocket Guide series. Prescott has served in a variety of health systems and settings since joining the nursing profession in 1985 and she developed and implemented a CDI program in 2007.
Dr. James Manz, MD, CCDS-O
Manz is a consultant in spine and neurological surgery with the Mayo Clinic Health System as well as assistant professor of healthcare administration. Manz serves as physician chair of the Mayo Enterprise Outpatient CDI Subcommittee, physician vice chair of the Mayo Enterprise Inpatient CDI Subcommittee, and physician chair of the Mayo Clinic Problem List Stewardship Committee. Manz is also a member of the CCDS-O subcommittee of the ACDIS Certification Committee.
