25-pack/year would mean 25 packs per year, but
Posted By: sm on 2009-04-07
In Reply to: Well umm actually 25-pack/year, didn't mean to..... - MTT2
Subject: 25-pack/year would mean 25 packs per year, but
25-pack-year is the amount equal to packs smoked per day x number of years smoking, as per BOS and Vera Pyle.
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20-pack-year vs. 20 pack-year
Subject: 20-pack-year vs. 20 pack-year
Which is correct? 20-pack-year history of smoking or 20 pack-year history of smoking. I've seen it both ways. TIA.
20-pack-year
Subject: 20-pack-year
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25-pack-year
Subject: 25-pack-year
25-pack-year
Subject: 25-pack-year
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Except that's not what a pack-year means. sm
Subject: Except that's not what a pack-year means. sm
A "5-pack-year" history does not mean "5 packs per year" ... good grief, I'd consider someone who smoked 5 packs per year essentially a nonsmoker. :-)
A 5-pack-year history means an average of a pack a day over a 5-year period. That could mean someone smoked 5 packs per day for 1 year, or 1 pack per day for 5 years, or half a pack a day for 10 years, or any other combination that fits.
I write it like 24-pack/year
Subject: I write it like 24-pack/year
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Well umm actually 25-pack/year, didn't mean to.....
Subject: Well umm actually 25-pack/year, didn't mean to.....
change the amount there, LOL.
pack year history of smoking
Subject: pack year history of smoking
Can a 65-year-old have a 75 pack year history of smoking? thought pack years meant how many years they have smoked a pack of cigarettes??
cool thanks always wondered my ex is an almost 120 pack year !!!!!
Subject: cool thanks always wondered my ex is an almost 120 pack year !!!!!
started at 14 and still going strong at 3 packs a day at 55
"x" pack year smoking history
Subject: "x" pack year smoking history
How would the above be typed, esp. when it has the number of years included, such as "40 pack year..." ?? Thanks.
Agree, it is 25-pack-year history.
Subject: Agree, it is 25-pack-year history.
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20-pack-year per AAMT-BOS2 page 210
Subject: 20-pack-year per AAMT-BOS2 page 210
Would not start the sentence with a number. Would type it as "A 20 pack-year smoking history."
Subject: Would not start the sentence with a number. Would type it as "A 20 pack-year smoking history."
I would type 5-pack/year smoking history..slash stands for 'per'..nm
Subject: I would type 5-pack/year smoking history..slash stands for 'per'..nm
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HEENT unchanged x1 year (been the same since year ago)
Subject: HEENT unchanged x1 year (been the same since year ago)
doc dictates "the patient has 120 pack year smoking history", patient is 75...is that right???
Subject: doc dictates "the patient has 120 pack year smoking history", patient is 75...is that right???? NM
Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm
Subject: Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm
2 years' time because years is plural. One year's time because it is singular, only one year.
Subject: 2 years' time because years is plural. One year's time because it is singular, only one year.
No. It is an 8-year-old boy.
Subject: No. It is an 8-year-old boy.
Thanks anyway. Had to send it in. Not polio either.
73 year old who ...
Subject: 73 year old who ...
I had a 73-year-old lady who had not have a period in 3 years. Go figure. Fortunately, I can mark these things as questionable.
A 62-year-old WM? What's WM? nm
Subject: A 62-year-old WM? What's WM? nm
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year old or -year-old
Subject: year old or -year-old
Received this one back from QA and I think they are incorrect so thought I would pose the question here before possibly being wrong myself. Which is correct?
John is an 8 year old brought to this visit by mother.
John is an 8-year-old brought to this visit by mother.
8-year-old
Subject: 8-year-old
the noun is implied as in 8-year-old boy.
nm its year two
Subject: nm its year two
...Happy New Year!......nm
Subject: ...Happy New Year!......nm
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Looks okay to me. Happy New Year! nm
Subject: Looks okay to me. Happy New Year! nm
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I put 2-1/2 years... or 2-1/2-year-old. nm
Subject: I put 2-1/2 years... or 2-1/2-year-old. nm
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no. it's an angry 7 year old. thanks though
Subject: no. it's an angry 7 year old. thanks though
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AAMT changes this every year when they want to--sm
Subject: AAMT changes this every year when they want to--sm
sell another version of the BOS. I go with client preferance, which is still spelling out 1-10 and numerical above 10. Dates are spelled out within the body of the report...client preference. AAMT is not the know all end all, just another money grabbing gimic! JMO
I add an "A"....A 42-year-old woman....or
Subject: I add an "A"....A 42-year-old woman....or
However, for suturing, I do...... 4-0 Vicryl and I try to either use a semi colon before, if possible, to like add it onto the sentence prior IF possible.
For ages - I put an "A" 42-year-old, or "An" 83-year-old male..... for beginnings of sentences. 
dr says: 26-year-old G4 P 0 to 1 SAB 3 female.sm.
Subject: dr says: 26-year-old G4 P 0 to 1 SAB 3 female.sm.
What is the correct way to transcribe this?
G4 P-0-1 SAB3
G4 P-0-1 sab3
Thank you so much in advance!
changed about a year ago
Subject: changed about a year ago
6 YEAR OLD EXAM
Subject: 6 YEAR OLD EXAM
Under PE
He is alert and oriented x 3. He does respond to appropriate s/l ticacuities and commands for his age.
Happy New Year to you too!
Subject: Happy New Year to you too!
Very Happy New Year to you too!
Subject: Very Happy New Year to you too!
1 year old child. Please sm
Subject: 1 year old child. Please sm
"X-rays reviewed that show a s/l **bubble** type fracture to the radius on the right" Assessment: Right radius fracture. Thanks for any help! :)
This is a 2-8/12-year-old (just need one more hyphen between 2 and 8/12
Subject: This is a 2-8/12-year-old (just need one more hyphen between 2 and 8/12
52-year-old in a big girl bed???
Subject: 52-year-old in a big girl bed???
Never heard that one before...
In the year 2000...
Subject: In the year 2000...
She dictates "had a hysterectomy in the year 2000."
Do I seriously need to type "the year"? It doesn't seem necessary, but is it?
9-year-old male
Subject: 9-year-old male
The second one. An Ŝ-year-old" (boy is assumed). nm
Subject: The second one. An Ŝ-year-old" (boy is assumed). nm
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60 year old man. Any idea?
Subject: 60 year old man. Any idea?
60 year old man. Any idea?
63-year-3-month-old? nm
Subject: 63-year-3-month-old? nm
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7-year history.....
Subject: 7-year history.....
I get confused, too! well-defined hypen; the hyphen is well defined. That is how I think of the hyphens, but I'm no BOS guru - just been in the biz for a long time.
I'm used to hyphenating it, too, but last year (I think) = sm
Subject: I'm used to hyphenating it, too, but last year (I think) = sm
our QA told us to stop using the hyphenated form and, indeed, the BOS says not to hyphenate.
1-year history
Subject: 1-year history
How would you type the patient has a 1-year history of pain....tia.
Had that drug dictated about a year ago, SM
Subject: Had that drug dictated about a year ago, SM
and I found it just listed in some chat groups, wrote it down in my Drake & Drake in case it came up again. This time I just looked it up on Google.
pleasant, 50-year-old male or pleasant 60-year-old male?
Subject: pleasant, 50-year-old male or pleasant 60-year-old male?
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I saw that, but this is an 11-year-old, so I really do not feel comfortable with that
Subject: I saw that, but this is an 11-year-old, so I really do not feel comfortable with that
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2 year old w/ s/l-posyarticular jerry??
Subject: 2 year old w/ s/l-posyarticular jerry??
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Yeah, I found that also. Looks like it's been used for a year or so. nm
Subject: Yeah, I found that also. Looks like it's been used for a year or so. nm
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