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Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI)

Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is the discipline of making clinical documentation complete and precise enough that coding and claim files are better supported before submission. It is distinct from claims processing: CDI fixes the source record, while claims processing reads whatever record it is given.

Because a claims engine can only re-derive what the note made legible, CDI is the highest-leverage place to improve claim readiness — and it happens upstream, at the encounter. Micromeet's Claim Readiness produces review-ready claim files from structured clinical context, with the clinician deciding; it supports the insurer's adjudication rather than replacing it.

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