2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide

2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide

Order your 2026 version today and be sure to receive the #1 CDI resource!

CDI professionals need a day-to-day reference when conducting their medical record reviews—one that can provide trusted clinical indicators for compliant and effective physician queries and easy-to-use reference tables.

The 2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide is your essential CDI resource. It includes updates to clinical diagnostic standards, Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, ICD-10-CM codes, and CDI critical thinking tips! The 2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide is co-written by industry veteran Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and James Manz, MD, CCDS-O, a practicing physician at Mayo Clinic steeped in the latest physician documentation terminology. The 2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide is a winning combination of practical, tailored CDI tips and resources and clinical, regulatory, and coding guidance adapted from the official sources

The 2026 ACDIS Pocket Guide offers the latest information CDI professionals need to know including:

• Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 guidelines
• AHA 2025 Coding Clinic guidance
• Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)–2 Score criteria, released in October 2025
• New provider tips from James Manz, MD, CCDS-O of Mayo Clinic
• Updated critical thinking tips, treatment protocols, and diagnostic criteria
• The latest updates related to social determinants of health
• 75+ conditions—now including neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
• And more!

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About the Authors

Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, is an experienced CDI subject matter expert, former interim ACDIS director, and former CDI education director at HCPro. While at ACDIS and HCPro, she was also the lead developer and instructor for the CDI Boot Camps as well as a member of the CCDS-O certification committee and the ACDIS Advisory Board; she also frequently spoke on the ACDIS Podcast and at ACDIS conferences and webinars. She is the author of The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist’s Complete Training Guide and the ACDIS Pocket Guide series. Prescott has served in a variety of health systems and settings since joining the nursing profession in 1985 and she developed and implemented a CDI program in 2007.

James Manz, MD, FAAOS, CCDS-O, is a consultant in spine and neurological surgery with the Mayo Clinic Health System as well as assistant professor of healthcare administration. Manz serves as physician chair of the Mayo Enterprise Outpatient CDI Subcommittee, physician vice chair of the Mayo Enterprise Inpatient CDI Subcommittee, and physician chair of the Mayo Clinic Problem List Stewardship Committee. Manz is also a member of the CCDS-O subcommittee of the ACDIS Certification Committee.

About the Reviewer

Keisha Downes, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, is the vice president middle revenue cycle for Beth Israel Lahey Health, based in Massachusetts. Downes also is an adjunct professor, teaching courses in coding and health information management. Her volunteer experience includes contribution to the AHIMA CCS Standard Setting Panel as a subject matter expert and elected ACDIS Advisory Board member for the 2024–2027 term. Downes co-authored the ACDIS/AHIMA supported Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2022 Update and was the reviewer for 2024 and 2025 ACDIS Pocket Guide. A nurse for 21 years, she attained her BSN from Liberty University and MBA with Healthcare Management concentration from Western Governor’s University. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Medical Science in Healthcare Leadership at Northeastern University.