Position Papers

Note: The ACDIS Code of Ethics was updated in July 2024. This updated version supersedes all previous ones.

The ACDIS Code of Ethics serves as a guide for the professional behavior of its members and non-members who hold the certified clinical documentation...

Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice was produced through the joint effort of the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Both associations collaborated on the creation of this...

This paper is the third in a series on risk-based clinical documentation integrity (CDI). As the use of risk adjustment in healthcare expands, so too does the reach of CDI professionals in capturing the patient’s story, including level of risk related to demographic factors, comorbidities, and...

Clinical documentation is the cornerstone of medical data and the foundation of patient care. It provides a lasting record of the patient’s history, diagnoses, tests, and treatments. An accurate and complete health record is beneficial not only to ensure that the severity and risk of illness of...

This paper is the second in a series on risk-based clinical documentation integrity (CDI). As the use of risk adjustment in healthcare expands, so too does the reach of CDI professionals in capturing the patient’s story, including level of risk related to demographic factors, comorbidities, and...

This paper is the first in a series on risk-based CDI. As the use of risk adjustment in healthcare expands, so too does the reach of CDI professionals in capturing the patient’s story, including level of risk related to demographic factors, comorbidities, and health history. This series will...

In conjunction with The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy), the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), ACDIS recently collaborated on a joint statement in response...

This is the third and final case study in the ACDIS Provider Engagement Series, with an in-depth look at a CDI program that has experienced success with a predominately remote model.

We believe this case study has additional relevance given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It contains ideas...

Provider engagement is a core function of the CDI profession. In addition to record review, CDI specialists also teach the why behind the need for accurate, complete, and specific documentation, and assist providers in their day-to-day charting and EHR workflow. But there is no one-size-fits-all...