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Post contrast or Postcontrast - MsKeyboard

Posted: Feb 09, 2012

I get a lot of "CT Head pre and post contrast" as the name of study. I've seen it both ways. Does anyone know which is the officially correct version, "Precontrast" "Postcontrast" or space in between pre and post?

Thx!

I thought... - sm

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Only preop and postop were 1 word, all other pre and post were 2 words, so pre contrast would be 2 words.

That is what my QA person told me.

Then you need to get another QA person. - CMT/QA

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"Pre" and "post" are merely prefixes. They are not stand-alone words, ever.

Lord knows how else she has led you astray.

that is exactly what I told her - sm

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and she said the meaning is before and after, so if you said after dinner, it would be 2 words, therefore post dinner is 2 words.

Then I gave the example of hypo and hyper and they are prefixes also and do not stand alone.

She told me pre and post are in Book of Style that way and I have yet to find it, but maybe she is looking in a different one than me.

Anyway, that is what I was told. Go figure I work for MModal (MQ) and I get bad feedback. Would ya expect anything else?

Pre and Post - SM

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tell her to check out page 134 (6.5.8) in the BOS 3rd edition - pretty simply explains that she is incorrect.

my preference - sm

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I favor: pre- and post-contrast.
Grammatically, this is the correct way to do it. Of course, this does not trump account specifics/QA for your account.

In my book, (and every other book besides the BOS) pre and post are not stand-alone words, but rather prefixes, which are attached to the word directly (i.e. precontrast), or with hyphens (as above).

You are CORRECT! - BOS3STINKS

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The patient is postpartum.

Clearly, it is one word and sans hyphen.

The patient had a post-contrast CT scan.

Hyphenation needed.

This follows the same rules as "followup" versus "follow-up."

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