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Depends on what your QA says, but I separate out the entities and only use headings if

Posted By: they give them. nm on 2007-05-17
In Reply to: Headings - Jennie

Subject: Depends on what your QA says, but I separate out the entities and only use headings if

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Just means 2 separate entities. It would fit. Or maybe it's "continued?" nm
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It's really up to your client. The trend is to not capitalize depts. or entities
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Headings

Newbie here.  If a doc dictates a laboratory data and lists lab values, then talks about x-rays and ekgs, do you include that in the lab section or make a separate heading for x-rays and ekgs (what would you title that section?).  Thanks for any info.


Headings
Subject: Headings

I am transcribing a History & Physical Examination Report  (Neurology)


The headings confuse me terribly.  What would the heading be for the following: 


Orientation and language are normal fundi with sharp disks bilaterally.


I have the following: 


NEUROLOGIC:   Patient walks to the right occasionally. She has trouble getting started because of discomfort. She can walk on heels and toes briefly. However, on tandem walk she really has difficulty with that. She does not line up her toes easily and loses her balance very easily with that.  (Is that the correct heading?)


Also, does anyone have a good website for determining headings?


 


headings
Subject: headings

Thanks so much. Does it get better?
Headings
Subject: Headings

If in a report , broke into 2 sections.. MRI of the Right leg then left..

and said
History
Technique

then

Technique
History

would it be a good idea to switch order for consistancy?
not an answer on headings, but
Subject: not an answer on headings, but

Sorry, I don't have a quick answer about your headings, but I wanted to let you know that your first sentence should be 2 sentences: Orientation and language are normal. Fundi with sharp disks bilaterally. (Fundi and disks/discs refer to the eyes, nothing to do with orientation or language.) Good luck with the headings - I still get confused sometimes on them too if I don't have a specific format to follow.
If QA has no recommendations, you don't have to have headings in there at all. Just do the report
Subject: If QA has no recommendations, you don't have to have headings in there at all. Just do the report

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verbatim, abreviations, and headings?
Subject: verbatim, abreviations, and headings?

typing verbatim. In headings PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS and POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS, when doc says same for POSTOP. Do you type same when typing verbatim?
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Progress Note headings?
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Headings are allowed to be added.
Subject: Headings are allowed to be added.

It would look weird without a heading.  Thanks. 
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Thanks.  One more question.  What headings do you add if not transcribed to the H & P?
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Interstital tissue and pelves need headings?
Subject: Interstital tissue and pelves need headings?


Spleen: The spleen has a thin fibrous capsule. Malpighian bodies are indistinct the sinusoids are moderately widened.



Liver: Sections of the liver show a thin fibrous capsule. Multiple small fatty vacuoles are noted in the cytoplasm. Portal spaces are fairly small in size. There is mild widening of the sinusoids in the central zones.



Kidneys: The kidneys have a thin capsule. The cortices that show glomeruli of normal appearance. The tubules are not remarkable.



Interstitial tissue showed no note worthy change. The pelves are not remarkable.


 


In this instance.. does the interstitial tissue and pelves need their own headings.. or is this correct?? Thanks


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