Is it acceptable to abbreviate it, as she does say quant.
Posted By: Thanks on 2008-03-03
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Subject: Is it acceptable to abbreviate it, as she does say quant.
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It's safer not to abbreviate. :)
Subject: It's safer not to abbreviate. :)
Unless as you say, the account specifies to transcribe verbatim.
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Subject: My Abbreviate book says IGIM
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Subject: The only thing I see in my Abbreviate book is:
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Subject: put in the comma, do not abbreviate state nm
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Subject: My Abbreviate book gives 2 answers...
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Subject: no - only abbreviate metric measurements
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Subject: I spell it out if before the drug, abbreviate if
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Subject: I don't abbreviate but if verbatim, I guess a-fib or A-fib. Gee. I dunno because SM
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Subject: mph is the correct way to abbreviate miles per hours, however,
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I do abbreviate it and no one has corrected me as of yet. About the numbered diagnoses list, i don&
Subject: I do abbreviate it and no one has corrected me as of yet. About the numbered diagnoses list, i don't know
Sorry, but either is acceptable
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either way is acceptable ....
Subject: either way is acceptable ....
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Subject: Yes, it is acceptable.
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Subject: Both are acceptable and..
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perhaps both are acceptable--sm
Subject: perhaps both are acceptable--sm
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q.a.c. is acceptable.....
Subject: q.a.c. is acceptable.....
acceptable
Subject: acceptable
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Subject: I would think 3 in 1 or 3-in-1 are both acceptable
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Subject: Per BOS, this is acceptable but not
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Either way is acceptable...
Subject: Either way is acceptable...
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Subject: 2+ is acceptable. nm
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Either one is acceptable
Subject: Either one is acceptable
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are both acceptable?
Subject: are both acceptable?
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Per my AAMT BOS, gm is acceptable, sm
Subject: Per my AAMT BOS, gm is acceptable, sm
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Subject: I think both ways are acceptable, but I would not
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Per BOS, subcu acceptable.
Subject: Per BOS, subcu acceptable.
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HbA1c is acceptable
Subject: HbA1c is acceptable
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So is HbA1c not acceptable if (sm)
Subject: So is HbA1c not acceptable if (sm)
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BOS II says either way acceptable. Ultimately, it's
Subject: BOS II says either way acceptable. Ultimately, it's
s
q.a.m. or every morning. q.a.m. is acceptable.
Subject: q.a.m. or every morning. q.a.m. is acceptable.
x
I think the acceptable/mostly used term is...sm
Subject: I think the acceptable/mostly used term is...sm
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Subject: With or w/o apostrophe is acceptable
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Subject: ahem - in whose MT life is that acceptable?
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Subject: no, not acceptable to type BID or qday.
Yep, acceptable, because your program doesn't know
Subject: Yep, acceptable, because your program doesn't know
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Is abbreviation p.o. for orally still acceptable? SM
Subject: Is abbreviation p.o. for orally still acceptable? SM
I have been told by QA that it is not. TIA
re: Is abbreviation p.o. for orally still acceptable? SM
Subject: re: Is abbreviation p.o. for orally still acceptable? SM
Here's a link that tells all.
http://www.aamtonline.org/abbreviations.htm
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