I do agree with you, but it seems none of the rules fit this..
Posted By: i_am_mtheaded on 2008-07-04
In Reply to: like this - smurf
Subject: I do agree with you, but it seems none of the rules fit this..
BOS says if you can put "and" between the adjectives then use a comma, which in this case you really can't until btwn telangiectatic and vascular. Just always second guessing myself.
Thank you!!!!
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Regarding AAMT rules
Subject: Regarding AAMT rules
I go with my client preference, and when I began working his account, the sample reports did not use BOS rules. I only use numerals to express drug dosage, measurements, dates, etc. I also agree with you on the appearance of it.
number rules?
Subject: number rules?
Two of my teachers taught different number rules. One, said that they should almost always be numeral form. The other said that numbers are usually spelled out.
I believe the Book of Style says numerals are usually appropriate, accept for zero, at the beginning of a sentence, drug admin. abrev's., etc..
Anyone? Numerals right? With acceptions? I'm just starting.
IF you are to follow BOS rules...sm
Subject: IF you are to follow BOS rules...sm
The patient has Alzheimer disease.
She has Alzheimer's.
Don't use the apostrophe S when 'disease' follows.
But, that is the BOS rule. Your client and/or company may prefer it's own rule.
Format rules in MT
Okay, I am an old gal working mostly ias in-hospital MT (VA, Teaching hospital), but I did also work off and on for MTSOs at home. Now going back a long time, I was always taught that in formatting Problem Lists or Hospital Course by problem list you transcribe it this way. Problem #1 - HYPERTENSION. The patient is taking lisinopril currently..... or if the doc did not say PROBLEM #1, then you transcribed it 1. HYPERTENSION. Blah, blah, blah. When did this change and become wrong? Most of the docs I am now transcribing for one of the major MTSOs now (left the hospital), actually ask that we capitalize the major problem. Is this in the so-called AHDI BOS2?
IMHO, using the capitalization on the problem is much easier to read, than this...
1. Hypertension. The blah, blah, blah..
2. Diabetes mellitus type 2. Uncontrolled. Not compliant.
Any QAers out there can answer this one for this old school nitpicker?
Well, CLIENT PREFERENCE rules.....sm
Subject: Well, CLIENT PREFERENCE rules.....sm
Always, always it's client preference. I was just speaking in a BOS/AAMT ruling about numbers. Client preference most definitely IS the bottom line. 
Help, I can't remember the hyphen rules.
Is there a hyphen with non-radiating and non-icteric, or all one word, or separated? Thanks. I'm an old dog and I don't want to learn new tricks.
Rules for tense in a report?
I always thought it was past tense. I have a doc who started the first 2 sentences using past tense and then suddenly switched to present test. IV sedation IS administered, Patient IS positioned. Do you change present to past or type as is? Nothing in the CP about it.
Rules here per admin is No Testing..sm
Subject: Rules here per admin is No Testing..sm
hope you have a happy happy new year and good luck in your studies/testing
thanks....lots of rules with numbers!
Subject: thanks....lots of rules with numbers!
Rules change over the years
Subject: Rules change over the years
but some rules are that way just because it sounds right. 5 centimeters were injected just sounds ignorant and I don't care who you are, as Larry the Cable Guy would say. ;-)
If your account doesn't have specific rules about it, sm
the correct way would be to write it out in full (Escherichia coli) whether or not it was dictated in full. Then, if the dictator says E. coli after that, then it is correct to transcribe it that way. If the dictator says it in full the next time, then transcribe it in full. Check your account's guidelines for their preference.
ALS is correct per AAMT rules. See cite.
I don't care whether the BOS is right or wrong on the issue. I have to use it and so do others. Here's what it says.
As per AAMT BOS 2nd edition page 189: Always capitalize genus names and their abbreviated forms when accompanied by species name. Lowercase genus names used in plural and adjectival forms and when used in the vernacular; for example, when they stand alone without a species name.
as poster above stated, I was going with BOS rules...relax! :) nm
Subject: as poster above stated, I was going with BOS rules...relax! :) nm
I think just the normal rules of English would apply
Subject: I think just the normal rules of English would apply
Whenever adding *ing* to a word that ends in t, you add an extra t.
A couple of grammar rules are at play here
Subject: A couple of grammar rules are at play here
First of all, both got and gotten are correct forms of the verb get. However, got is a past tense or past participle depending on whether or not the word "has" or "have" is used in front of it. Gotten, however, is past participle and should be used with the word "has" or "have" in front of it.
It has gotten increasingly larger - okay. It gotten increasingly larger - not okay. It got increasingly larger - okay. It has got increasingly larger - okay.
So if your doc says it anyway but "It gotten increasingly larger", he is correct. It's simply a matter of preference. Brits don't generally use the word "gotten", and therefore, a lot of people think it is not a legitimate word, but it is.
Time format rules in BOS 3rd edition?
Can anyone tell me what the specific rules are for time format in the new BOS on pages 337-339. A brief description would be great or u can scan and email it to me too, whichever is easier.
I do intend to buy my own soon but I have to wait till payday and I'm starting a new company right now that uses that book :(
TIA !
Ringer. AAMT BOS2 rules on eponyms.
Subject: Ringer. AAMT BOS2 rules on eponyms.
I believe that is only if the company is compliant with JCHO rules. Not all companies are.
Subject: I believe that is only if the company is compliant with JCHO rules. Not all companies are.
By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Subject: By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Is this right?
1 gm
0.1 mg
1 mg
I was taught that it was 1.0 mg but doc wants it to be just 1 mg and 1 gm.
Help. Thanks.
It is not 'erroneous', only add to the AAMT rules, which change every year!
Subject: It is not 'erroneous', only add to the AAMT rules, which change every year!
To say that the plural form decubiti for the singular of decubitus is
'erroneous' is plain BS !
And it is known that the AAMT, now it has another name, 'makes up' its own grammar rules for the MTing.
This issue has been discussed numerous times on this board and causes a lot of confusion for the MTs and arguments between MTs, QAs and the clients.
EVERY year the BOS rules are changed. We just got used to the BOS 2 and in December 08 the BOS 3 was issued, again with new rules to adhere. The price is around $ 90.--.
I agree with this....
Subject: I agree with this....
I agree...I think hematopoiesis is correct because there is a hematopoietic marrow..so all of that shoud fit in together...Hope this helps.
I agree.....sm
Subject: I agree.....sm
Faint visualization of the appendix sounds right. I type BE's all day (lucky me!!)
Agree! nm
Subject: Agree! nm
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I agree - sm
Subject: I agree - sm
As long as a testee is allowed to use reference material, etc. why should they not ask a question here? I personally research all of my own questions, but I do help out those that ask on this site, as well, if I know the answer. Besides, who made the above poster the "tester police" anyway? I saw no complaint from the administrator concerning multiple posts for a similar question.
Agree. nm
Subject: Agree. nm
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I definitely agree!
Subject: I definitely agree!
He (or she, can't tell!) is saying peri J-tube abscess, which I am taking to mean there is an abscess in or around the J-tube insertion site, but peri-J-tube looks terrible and can't find periabscess or peri-abscess to reword the sentence. I have had this same dictator for the last 2 1/2 hours since I logged on!!!!
Agree with you...
Subject: Agree with you...
And after all that, the most professional and correct answer would actually be...leave a blank ;)
Yes, I agree with that but--sm
Subject: Yes, I agree with that but--sm
some people quote from this thing like it is the Bible or something, and it just is not. There are A LOT of doctors out there who do not adhere by the BOS and prefer their own guidelines. It does not make them wrong. It is just a matter of preference, more than anything. What's the AAMT gonna do, slap your hand if you don't use their guidelines?? shheesh. what a rip!
I would agree with you that...
Subject: I would agree with you that...
it's either "skull base structures" or even more likely "skull and bony structures". I have never seen "scobi" in my years either, but see how it can be easily misunderstood as that for one the phrases above with a fast dictator.
I agree with M.A. -- sm
Subject: I agree with M.A. -- sm
I think the "reostis" is "sphero" and "sight" is "cyte" -- giving the word "spherocyte".
Have a great weekend.
I agree with ER MT
Subject: I agree with ER MT
It is probably lung cancer.
Agree with n.p.o. (nm)
Subject: Agree with n.p.o. (nm)
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I agree.
Subject: I agree.
Very nice people that have saved my tail from the chopblock! LOL
I agree
Subject: I agree
It is a shame when the doctors do not specify what exactly they want quoted. Tough call, but I agree "too busy". You kind of have to put yourself in the doc's place. Doc asks: Are you exercising? Pt. states: "No, too busy.", or "No, I'm too bus." That sort of thing.... 
I agree with ER MT
Subject: I agree with ER MT
if it is an Asian dictating and he/she says the patient is an Oriental male/female, then I transcribe it as Oriental.
EXACTLY - I agree with MT in MT....sm
Subject: EXACTLY - I agree with MT in MT....sm
Not my/our job to correct their way(s) of thinking nor their political
(un)correctness....they say Oriental, that's what they get......
I agree (sm)
Subject: I agree (sm)
I AGREE!
Subject: I AGREE!
I agree.. the BOS is not the know all and end all--sm
Subject: I agree.. the BOS is not the know all and end all--sm
with anything, except the 80.00 they want you to spend on it every year, when they keep changing things just to make someone buy it. I can live without it, and my docs say Baker's cyst and want it typed that way.
i agree with 110
Subject: i agree with 110
I agree
Subject: I agree
cc: Patient Name
Enclosure (MRI results)
I believe the Enclosure is for the therapist's review of the MRI results since the letter is addressed to the therapist.
and I agree......sm
Subject: and I agree......sm
What I do...
The patient is a pleasant, elderly, overweight, chronically ill-appearing, 72-year-old white female.
That's just my way, as I use commas to separate adjectives (any description before you get to the word female).
I agree
Subject: I agree
I believe they're saying C&S for culture and sensitivity although double check the client profile to see if you're suppose to spell it out or leave as is.
I agree!
Subject: I agree!
I don't agree...................NM
Subject: I don't agree...................NM
Agree with DW on second look nm
Subject: Agree with DW on second look nm
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I agree with Z and would do it the same way......nm
Subject: I agree with Z and would do it the same way......nm
I agree! sm
Subject: I agree! sm
I always google before posting. I googled "KEEL knee prosthesis" and got NADA.
I would agree...that is how I was
Subject: I would agree...that is how I was
taught to type it...
air-fluid level
air-fluid gas exchange
but didn't want to state it as a fact, as I have learned new things..the way preferences are always changing...
I still type it with the hyphen and I type ophthalmology as my primary...Haven't heard anything negative back to date on it.
LOL! I so agree
Subject: LOL! I so agree
I was waiting for someone to say:
Maybe he was on his way to Bora Bora to do some partying (bar anticipation?)
LOL
I do not agree
Subject: I do not agree
you typed: **You would type Mercy Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine but not Mercy Hospital emergency department.**
I do not agree.....
You would type Mercy Hospital Department of Emergency AND Mercy Hospital Emergency Department.
You would NOT capitalize emergency department if you typed *emergency department at Mercy Hospital* or *radiation oncology department at Mercy Hospital....
that's how I was taught 25 yrs ago..........
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