Accomplish Goals by Working Together: The ICIV Model.

The article identifies ways both coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals can collaborate during patient admission and post-discharge to effectively meet documentation objectives, using the Identify, Clarify, Interconnect, and Validate (ICIV) model. Topics discussed include sources that can help managers identify one clinical/coding topics to focus on for documentation and coding improvement, and shared file that should be created for both teams.