Frequently Asked Questions
When is the submission deadline?
August 3, 2026
When will I know if my abstract has been accepted?
Accept/decline notices are expected to go out in October 2026.
What are the content focus areas for the 2027 ACDIS Conference?
The ACDIS Events Committee is especially interested in receiving submissions related to any of the following:
- Professional development and leadership topics such as:
- Retention and employee engagement
- Remote work
- Succession planning
- Leadership skills (e.g., emotional intelligence)
- Conflict resolution
- Mentoring
- Writing job descriptions
- Building career ladders
- Clinical and coding topics such as:
- ICD-11
- Pediatric clinical conditions
- Detailed clinical and/or coding guidance for common adult diagnoses
- Quality topics such as
- Mortality
- Patent Safety Indicators
- Regulatory updates
- Compliance
- Risk adjustment
- CDI in expanding settings such as:
- Outpatient
- Pediatrics
- Obstetrics
- VA hospitals
- Critical access hospitals
- Long-term acute care
- Foundational and expanding CDI focus areas such as:
- Denials and appeals
- Utilization review/utilization management
- Queries
- Physician engagement and education
- Metrics and return on investment
- Second-level reviews
- Clinical validation
- Data analytics and artificial intelligence
What are the content focus areas for the 2026 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI?
The ACDIS Events Committee is especially interested in receiving submissions related to any of the following topics:
- Building an outpatient CDI program
- Expanding an existing outpatient CDI program
- Evaluation and management (E/M) coding
- Medicare Advantage
- Regulatory updates
- Compliance
- Hierarchical Condition Categories
- Risk adjustment
- Clinical validation
- Queries
- CDI in the emergency department
- Key performance indicators and performance metrics
- Clinical conditions commonly seen in the outpatient setting
- Data analytics and artificial intelligence
What are the content focus areas for the 2026 ACDIS Physician Advisor Forum?
The ACDIS Events Committee is especially interested in receiving submissions related to any of the following topics:
- Building a physician advisor program
- Expanding a physician advisor program
- Recruiting and retaining physician advisors
- Coding for physician advisors
- Denials and appeals
- Burnout symptoms and management
- Physician advisors in outpatient CDI
- Hierarchical Condition Categories
- Risk adjustment
- Collaboration with other departments
- Educating residents
- Metrics and return on investment
- Data analytics and artificial intelligence
What will be the evaluation criteria for submitted proposals?
All proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Clarity of writing: Is the proposal well-written and organized?
- Data collection, analysis, and/or research: Is this topic sufficiently researched? Have you included your references and resources?
- Innovative: Does this proposal introduce new ideas or concepts?
- Relevance: Is the proposal relevant to current U.S.-focused CDI issues?
- Goal: Does the proposal outline practical applications for CDI professionals?