As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Terry Ann Simmons, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, a clinical documentation specialist at Hartford Healthcare, Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain, and a member of the 2017 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions on CDI and clinical validation. Contact her at terry.simmons@hhchealth.org.