Description

From Hype to Workflow: Applying AI in Coding and CDI

Smarter HIM Operations: Practical AI for Coding Accuracy and CDI Impact

AI-Enabled HIM: Streamlining Coding, Documentation, and Clinical Validation

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday health information management—but meaningful adoption requires more than a new tool. Coding and CDI teams need practical ways to use AI while protecting accuracy, compliance, privacy, and professional judgment. This session moves beyond the hype to show how AI-assisted workflows can help HIM professionals summarize records, surface documentation gaps, prioritize reviews, standardize routine work, and communicate insights more efficiently.

Attendees will leave with realistic use cases, implementation guardrails, and a framework for evaluating where AI can add value without replacing essential human oversight.

Learning Objectives:-

• Distinguish common AI capabilities and limitations relevant to coding and CDI workflows.
• Identify high-value, low-risk opportunities to improve efficiency in record review, documentation analysis, and routine communication.
• Apply practical prompting and validation techniques to produce clearer, more reliable AI-assisted outputs.
• Recognize privacy, security, bias, accuracy, and compliance risks that require human review and organizational controls.
• Outline a responsible pilot plan with defined use cases, success measures, escalation points, and quality oversight.

Areas Covered in the Session:-

• AI Fundamentals for HIM – What generative AI, predictive models, natural language processing, and automation can—and cannot—do
• Practical Coding Use Cases – Record summarization, code-research support, work prioritization, quality checks, and query drafting
• CDI Workflow Applications – Identifying documentation gaps, organizing clinical evidence, and strengthening provider communication
• Prompting and Validation – Building clear instructions, checking outputs, documenting decisions, and keeping humans in the loop
• Governance and Responsible Adoption – Privacy, security, bias, compliance, change management, and measuring value.

Who will Benefit?

• HIM Directors and Managers
• Coding Professionals and Auditors
• CDI Specialists and Leaders
• Revenue Cycle and Compliance Professionals
• Clinical Documentation Educators
• Healthcare Technology and Informatics Teams.