Happy Mother’s Day the CDI way

My wonderful sister, an emergency room nurse for more than 20 years now and mother of five, couldn’t stop laughing at this YouTube video dubbed “The Mom Song,” by Anita Renfroe off her album Total Momsense. The song uses the William Tell Overture to frantically rush through all the outrageous things a mom might say during the course of the day.

I’m wondering how many of you CDI specialists feel more like documentation “moms” to the errant physicians who submit lackluster documentation. I can hear how the song would go. . .

“Write it down. Write it down. Write it down right now! If you don’t write it, we can’t code it, don’t you know that by now? Is that your signature! Where did you learn penmanship?!? Was this acute or dystolic? Did you mean renal failure or kidney disease? Please don’t text while I’m lecturing. . . Please refain from chuckling . . .”

Okay, that’s enough from me. Let me know if you come up with better lyrics. But here’s a clip of the video from YouTube. Happy Mother’s Day!