| Risk adjustment requires coding and CDI professionals to work together as one team to ensure the capture of the most appropriate risk score for each patient. The Risk Adjustment Documentation and Coding Boot Camp, brought to you by ACDIS , not only addresses compliant coding practices, but also the reporting requirements related to valid risk adjustment scoring. This course applies the core concepts of Clinical Documentation Integrity related to record review and provider education, allowing both coding professionals and CDI specialists to accurately capture a patient’s complexity and accurate risk scoring. The process of risk adjustment accounts for known health conditions, allowing for comparison of wellness amongst patients. Most risk adjustment models utilize diagnosis codes to determine potential risks. The variables pulled from documentation can assist in identification of those patients with a higher medical need than others. The process of risk adjustment is used to predict both costs and allow for comparisons related to quality-of-care measures. | 
