GLOBAL CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENTThe clinical documentation improvement(CDI) is a recognized process of improving healthcare information to ensure improved data quality, patient outcomes and accurate representation of patient's clinical status that translates into coded data for proper reimbursement.What is CDI ? (Clinical Documentation Improvement).The program can be described as a service that assists providers and facility in obtaining accurate, specific complete, quality documentationReviews are performed concurrently and retrospectively with Accuracy essential for Providing safe, appropriate patient care and treatmentIdentifying documentation issues for Patient safety indicators PSI and implementing Hospital Value Based Purchasing Program (HVBP)ICD-10 coding justifying medical necessity of inpatient status and length of stayAppropriately reflecting severity of illness and risk or mortality scoresReflecting true physician and hospital performance in publicly reported data (profiles)Influences consumer perceptionDefinition of Coding Auditing & CDI (Clinical Documentation Improvement)Coding & CDI is reviewing medical records both concurrently and retrospectively to facilitate the accurate representation of the severity of illness. That will facilitates improvement of clinical documentation in the medical record to ensure an accurate level of clinical services, appropriate coding of principal and secondary diagnose, complications and Present on Admission POA indicators that drive reimbursement, quality performance metrics, and CMI.