The Physician Documentation Integrity Pocket Card (Packs of 25)

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The Physician Documentation Integrity Pocket Card (Packs of 25)

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The Physician Documentation Integrity Pocket Card (Packs of 25)

Reviewed by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC

Original Content Authored by Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP

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Use the Physician Documentation Integrity Pocket Card to help your physicians remember key documentation points. This laminated, wear-resistant, six-panel card includes everything from documentation basics to severity of illness clinical indicators. It simplifies tips for common documentation improvement opportunities. And it fits easily in the physician’s pocket! 

This product:

  • Provides documentation basics for the short-term acute care inpatient setting
  • Includes tips for discharge summary documentation
  • Details documentation needed to establish a condition as a reportable diagnosis
  • Includes key reminders for documentation needed to reflect patient acuity
  • Offers advice for how to differentiate among acute, chronic, and resolved conditions
  • Helps providers translate commonly vague documentation of a patient’s chief complaint into a more precisely associated diagnosis
  • Folds for physicians to carry in their pockets and is laminated for durability and easy cleaning

The Physician Documentation Integrity Pocket Card helps you improve patient acuity and severity by focusing on common areas of vague and nonspecific physician documentation.


Published: March 2023

Format: Six-Panel, Folded Laminated Card, Shrink Wrapped in Packs of 25
Dimensions: 8” x 4.5”
Print ISBN: 978-1-64535-265-5

About the Authors

Reviewed by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC

Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC, is a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) education specialist for HCPro, a division of Simplify Compliance, in Middleton, Massachusetts. Brodie serves as a full-time instructor for CDI Boot Camps and a subject matter expert for ACDIS. She has more than 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including multiple areas of nursing, and has served in a variety of roles at both large academic and small community hospitals. Prior to joining HCPro, Brodie worked as a consultant providing program audits, implementation advice, and continuing education for CDI departments—including physician education—in various healthcare facilities across the country. She has been responsible for the successful implementation and oversight of a CDI department and the revitalization of a CDI department at a small community hospital. She is the coauthor of the Essential Guide to Supporting Quality Care Measures Through Documentation Improvement and is a frequent contributor of articles to ACDIS’ CDI Journal and CDI Strategies. Brodie has presented nationally at both the ACDIS Conference and the CDI Outpatient Symposium and is a frequent cohost on the ACDIS podcast. Brodie is currently cochair of both the ACDIS Regulatory Committee and the ACDIS CCDS Certification Committee.

Original Content Authored by Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP

Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, is an industry expert in clinical documentation improvement (CDI) with over 25 years of revenue cycle experience. She is recognized as a CDI subject matter expert for her body of work, which includes many speaking engagements and publications for a variety of industry associations. She has helped establish industry guidance through contributions to white papers and practice briefs, including several American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) practice briefs and white papers with the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) in the areas of clinical documentation improvement, denials management, quality, technology and querying. Ericson is an experienced revenue cycle consultant specializing in reimbursement methodologies. She previously served as the CDI education director for HCPro and associate director of education for ACDIS. She is well-versed in HIM technologies, with experience implementing CDI and coding tools in a variety of EMR environments. Prior to working with ACDIS, Ericson managed the CDI, core measures abstraction and utilization review departments at a large academic medical center.  Ericson is a member of the AHIMA CDI Practice Council, ACDIS CCDS Certification Committee, and ACDIS Regulatory Committee. She is a past member of the ACDIS Advisory Board.