{"id":988746,"date":"2024-04-02T22:08:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthinfocanada.ca\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=988746"},"modified":"2024-08-30T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:47:30","slug":"ccdis-certification","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/healthinfocanada.ca\/?epkb_post_type_1=ccdis-certification","title":{"rendered":"What is the CCDIS certification?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Certified Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (CCDIS) impact the accuracy of medical documentation and coding in the health care system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clinical documentation improvement specialty certification was developed with several groups of health care professionals in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Nurses and physicians with a minimum of three years of experience working in a health care setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Other regulated health professionals who have worked in clinical documentation improvement for a minimum of 3 years (candidates must also have completed course work in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and pathophysiology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Certified Health Information Management (CHIM) professionals who are members in good standing or international equivalent with a minimum of 3 years of current HIM work experience in coding, CDI, cancer tumour registry, and\/or data analysis using ICD-10-CA and CCI data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    To be eligible to apply for the clinical documentation improvement examination, candidates must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n