Think they mean annealed but the usage is really incorrect here. nm
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C3, 4, 5 correct usage
Subject: C3, 4, 5 correct usage
dictator states --- there is C3, 4, 5 complete epidural blocakge with cord compression --- how do I transcribe --- C3, C4, C5. Thanks
never heard of this usage...
Subject: never heard of this usage...
She is hesitant about getting a mammogram because she has had difficult experiences with them in the past. I gave her a prescription and suggested that she get it done at the same place she had it done last year and her s/l PLATE will have records and it will not be quite so annoying. Thank you
another usage. see inside.
Subject: another usage. see inside.
A flex-x of the c-spine x-ray was obtained today. If the "x" stands for x-ray??
CORRECT USAGE OF CM/MM
Subject: CORRECT USAGE OF CM/MM
Help.. Please clarify the correct use of mm and cm.. is it 1-mm or 1 mm?
Preferred usage
Question: When typing mammos which is the perferred. 9 o'clock position or 9:00 position.
Comma usage
Subject: Comma usage
For a diagnosis of pelvic adnexal and omental adhesions, would you place a comma between pelvic and adnexal or not?
Would it be:
Pelvic adnexal and omental adhesions
or
Pelvic, adnexal and omental adhesions?
I'm thinking no comma is needed, but the more I think on it, the more confused I become. The adnexa are within the pelvis, and no comma is needed, right?
word usage
Subject: word usage
- This is form one Look Dic:
- Nowhere is listed that 'proofed' can be used, only 'proofread'. Proof can be used as a noun or as an adejctive, not as a verb.
- 1. proof -- (make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset)
- 2. proof -- (knead to reach proper lightness; ``proof dough'' )
- 3. proofread, proof -- (read for errors; ``I should proofread my manuscripts'' )
- 4. proof -- (activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; ``proof yeast'' )
- 5. proof -- (make resistant (to harm); ``proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer'' )
correct usage???
Subject: correct usage???
40 mg tablet or 40-mg tablet??? thank you sooooooooo much for knowing!!
Number Usage
I have spelled out numbers lower than 10 for 30 years, until now that is. The QA personnel for the company I just started working for keep changing the spelled out word to a number (no matter where it is in the report and how it is used). Example: He has been having problems over the last six months (they changed to 6 months). This goes against everything I ever learned in 12 years of Catholic schools. Ugh! Is this according to the AAMT guidelines or is it there way of saving a penny here and there?
word usage
Subject: word usage
Is it "redose" or "re-dose" the medication?
"as well as" usage
Subject: "as well as" usage
I have a dictator that constantly uses "as well as" in the following manner:
"The patient is treated for a variety of issues including hyperlipidemia, hypertension, LVH, as well as generalized risk factor modification."
Shouldn't there be an "and" before LVH to make "as well as" work in this sentence? I read that "as well as" does not mean "and" - any help?
TIA
Usage of apostrophes......sm
Subject: Usage of apostrophes......sm
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Mavis's job
Charles's salary
Davy Jones's locker
Keeping up with the Joneses
Marx's writing
Berlioz's music
Cervantes's novels
Jesus's teachings
Moses's triumph
Euripides's plays
Venus's statue
Mars's children
Ajax's sword
Some of these are pronounced with an awkward "zuziz" or "eeziz" sound so some people prefer to drop the final s, and some guides allow this "for classical names ending in s", which would thus have Venus' statue but Venus's tennis serve. It seems illogical to restrict it to classical names, so I feel Cervantes' novels would also be acceptable. Personally, I use 's in every case (so Jesus's writings) or avoid the problem by using the novels of Cervantes.
word usage
Is it chondromalacia patella even when referring to only one knee? I was corrected on this for using patella.
Technically, I don't think it's correct usage, but might be what he's saying. (nm)
Subject: Technically, I don't think it's correct usage, but might be what he's saying. (nm)
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correct usage of follow-up
Subject: correct usage of follow-up
Can someone please refresh me on the proper usage of follow up and follow-up?
thank you,
Cindi
word usage questions
Subject: word usage questions
There has not been any interval change in his exam.
I am questioning the use of the word interval in this context. For a time, I thought the doctor was saying integral, but it is clear now that he is not. Is interval the correct word to use when there have been no changes in the patient's exam from one visit to the next?
BOS says in pronoun or common usage..sm
Subject: BOS says in pronoun or common usage..sm
numbers get spelled out - "...previous x-rays versus the most recent one." "His symptoms went from one extreme to the other." The trend is toward using arabic numerals unless your client or QA insists on it. Ages, too, are always in number form. ...BOS II pages 278/279. ....nm
Octreotide usage in neonate
Subject: Octreotide usage in neonate
It is indeed a GI med, however....Chylothorax is the most common cause of pleural effusion causing respiratory distress in the neonate. Cases unresponsive to conservative management usually require surgery. We report a case of spontaneous neonatal chylothorax where surgery was avoided with the compassionate trail of octreotide. The chylothorax resolved promptly with no observed side effects. After reviewing the literature reporting the use of octreotide in the neonatal period, we found that neonates with isolated spontaneous chylothorax might be viewed as a group different from those with major cardiac malformations. They are at a lower risk for adverse effect of octreotide and lower threshold for commencement of octreotide may benefit them most
Comma Usage... see message
Subject: Comma Usage... see message
doctor: the patient presented rectal bleeding, heme-positive stools as well as proctalgia.
how will I transcribe this correctly:
The patient presented with rectal bleeding and heme-positive stools as well as proctalgia.
or
The patient presented with rectal bleeding,heme-positive stools, as well as proctalgia.
help me please..
Help with word usage delima???
Subject: Help with word usage delima???
Dictated: The foot was prepped, Hibiclensed and draped in usual sterile fashion.
would you recast the sentence? My QA suggested that it should be transcribed "The foot was prepped, Hibiclens and draped in usual sterile fashion."
This doesn't make sense to me because the foot cannot be Hibiclens. I had typed it as dictated per our guidlines on dictator style, and i have .75% off my QA score on it.
Does anybody have suggestions? How should it be transcribed??
~Trying to learn as fast as I can~ 
Terminology/usage questions...please advise
Subject: Terminology/usage questions...please advise
Okay, the dictator says "subcu". So, I type "subcu" because it is a verbatim account.
QA changed it to "subq". I challenge this and the advisor I asked said that AAMT BOS says "subcu" but never "subq".
Then comes along a spider (oh, excuse me, supervisor) who screams at me because, HE states, we should NEVER use "subcu"..we should always figure out which one is meant and ALWAYS spell it out. I said I don't see that written anywhere and this is a verbatim account.
He states no one anyone, no matter what the customer says, should type things like cath, subcu, alk phos, preop, tib-fib, etc.
Do any of you type those things? I just want to know the simple answer. I believe the advisor I asked because they showed me in the BOS where it was.
I think he's too uptight, lol.
Here is a question and answer from BOS showing the correct usage...sm
Subject: Here is a question and answer from BOS showing the correct usage...sm
Select the correct choice for each of the
following sentences.
The patient will (follow up, followup) next week.
The (follow up, followup) x-ray was negative.
The patient was seen today in (follow up, followup).
ANSWERS:
The patient will follow up next week.
The followup x-ray was negative.
The patient was seen today in followup.
Page 172.
I wasn't familiar with that term/usage, and it does seem to be wrong
Subject: I wasn't familiar with that term/usage, and it does seem to be wrong
I didn't look up "deverts," but for advert:
Quick definitions (advert)
# noun: a public promotion of some product or service
# verb: make reference to
# verb: give heed (to)
# verb: make a more or less disguised reference to
I would have thought it would be: "She refused treatment because she is averse to blood draws."
need help w/2 drugs, s/l thermadon and s/l knee-po-tir? They are just in a list no dosages or usage
Subject: need help w/2 drugs, s/l thermadon and s/l knee-po-tir? They are just in a list no dosages or usage
BOS covers the correct usage of these words. I'm not sure why it was included, but I'm glad i
Subject: BOS covers the correct usage of these words. I'm not sure why it was included, but I'm glad it was!
Stressed sunblock usage "for good lygo"
Subject: Stressed sunblock usage "for good lygo"
This doctor likes to mention everything in his plans, from all the vaccinations/testing needed in the next decade to sunblock usage, selt belts and smoke alarms.
Stressed sunblock usage "for good lygo"
Subject: Stressed sunblock usage "for good lygo"
This doctor likes to mention everything in his plans, from all the vaccinations/testing needed in the next decade to sunblock usage, selt belts and smoke alarms.
The only things that I know about the patient is that he is overweight, has dry mouth and sees a rheumatoligist on a regular basis.
that's what I was thinking too, but it was a weird usage of a word that didn't make sense for
Subject: that's what I was thinking too, but it was a weird usage of a word that didn't make sense for that
meaning. He could have just said "dc'd".
actually tar IS a natural product usage for psoriasis and tar baths, though I agree topical regimen
Subject: actually tar IS a natural product usage for psoriasis and tar baths, though I agree topical regimen sounds like an RX
d
No, that's incorrect - SM
Subject: No, that's incorrect - SM
Principal diagnosis (noun or adjective and the one you use in medical transcription)
Principle (noun only), fundamental law, doctrine, assumption.
OP is incorrect. Please
Subject: OP is incorrect. Please
TIMI system
Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction. A grading system (grade 0 to 3) for coronary perfusion; evaluates reperfusion achieved by thrombolytic therapy. Lowercase grade and use arabic numerals.
The patient had TIMI grade 3 flow at 90 minutes following thrombolytic therapy.
Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription
Actually it is incorrect to
Subject: Actually it is incorrect to
type protime, even when they dictate it. Set your expander to expand protime to prothrombin time because that is truly the correct way to type this on a medical report. That way when they undergo audit it will not come back to transcription who didn't type it with HIPAA correctness. I wish they would educate doctors to dictate things correctly in the first place to avoid all this, but I think even if they did the dictator would still dictate things the way he "thinks" in his head. It is hard to teach old dogs new tricks unless they are transcriptionists. If we don't learn new tricks they will replace us, right?
Incorrect
Subject: Incorrect
Not typed with small "h." This is from Dorland's:
bicarbonate (bi-kahr´bә-nât) any salt containing the HCO3− anion.
Lilly
Sorry, you are incorrect
Subject: Sorry, you are incorrect
From page 321 of the BOS, decubitus is an adjective, not a noun and does not have a plural form. The plural form of decubitus ulcer is decubitus ulcers.
D: decubiti
T: decubitus ulcers
They are incorrect. There is certainly
Subject: They are incorrect. There is certainly
not a comma before the which in the example you are given. It would make absolutely no sense with a comma there.
The majority are incorrect
Subject: The majority are incorrect
:
definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm
Subject: definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm
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definitely incorrect and national is right....NM
Subject: definitely incorrect and national is right....NM
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middleschmertz is incorrect
Subject: middleschmertz is incorrect
yes, internet can be wrong, so have to be careful. Need to invest in medical terminology books, but yet sometimes I find discrepancys in those also.
Sloan's Medical Word Book, under the section of ob/gyn, it has "middle-shmertz" Phonetic for mittelschmerz.
We all have to check and double check. Look in more than one source.
Yes, incorrect info indeed
Subject: Yes, incorrect info indeed
I came back on to read this post because I had given out the info on Lidoderm and wanted to see if the other word had been found. Then I saw LYDERM.
I have been reading the posts above. This "Kathie" person, with the bubble blowing gum head picture, seems to be giving out incorrect information. Hope she is not a QA person.
Example such as Caldwell-Luc thinking that would be for caudal vater syndrome????Where would you get that from?
That is too much guessing going on. If you don't
know, do not answer. Simple as that.
suit yourself but you are incorrect
Subject: suit yourself but you are incorrect
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I guess all these are incorrect then. SM
Subject: I guess all these are incorrect then. SM
http://www.mtstars.net/default/index.cgi
No - that is grammatically incorrect.
Subject: No - that is grammatically incorrect.
nm
You are incorrect on the capitalization...
Subject: You are incorrect on the capitalization...
capitalization
Capitalize eponyms but not the common nouns, adjectives, and prefixes that accompany them.
Do not capitalize words derived from eponyms.
ligament of Treitz
red Robinson catheter
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Parkinson disease but parkinsonism
Cushing syndrome but cushingoid
Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription
Stedmans has been known to be incorrect.....nm
Subject: Stedmans has been known to be incorrect.....nm
you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM
Subject: you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM
http://www.lapband.com/lapband/portal.do
LAP-BAND®
some of us work for general surgeons/bariatric surgeons and they too insist it's LAP-BAND!!
please research!!
Something's incorrect there. I'd blank that value. nm
Subject: Something's incorrect there. I'd blank that value. nm
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abdominohysterectomy is incorrect. sm
Subject: abdominohysterectomy is incorrect. sm
abdominal hysterectomy.
Could it be baseline?
This is incorrect, it is Capio
Subject: This is incorrect, it is Capio
Be aware of improper internet searches. If you actually go to Boston Scientific website, it is Capio. Tessier Surgical Word also lists Capio.
That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
Subject: That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
.
No Anon - you would be incorrect on this one....
Subject: No Anon - you would be incorrect on this one....
the rule here at MTStars Word Board is nobody can ask TESTING questions.......and we are not to answer anybody testing.........
the other poster was not being rude...they were just following the rules here at MTStars....
Signed: Just another poster.......
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