Question for skin experts!

It seems everywhere I check on this I come up with differing opinions, so I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a rather hard-and-fast rule. Are stations and levels standardized now as roman or alpha? For example, is it "station 11R" or "station XIR" lymph nodes? To my non-expert eye, the "11R" is much more reader-friendly but I know things don't always work that way. Has anyone heard if there is a set way the levels and stations are to be transcribed? Any guidance, li ...

I am open to VR and have done it before at my previous job with the same software, dictatphone, and do not find dictaphone bad to do VR at all. The problem is, with this job that I have now, I have been killing myself, I cannot get over 500 lines per day doing VR, and all the accounts are VR. The reason I cannot get above 500 lines is for every job that is a letter, consult, DS, PT, memo, or review, I have to create a new visit ID, look up the physicians ID and location, create that visit ...

Is it dorsal sacral ligament or dorsosacral ligament? Thank you. ...

I'm drawing a blank on this for some reason and help would be ever so much appreciated! "The stab incisions were closed with (s/l emethol) and Steri-Strips..." TIA! ...

Hello all...I'm back on the Bayscribe platform with a new account and haven't used it in ages. My question is, I know there is a Bayscribe page that lists all of the commands, such as accessing the word expander, but I can't seem to locate it. Does anyone have a link to this page so I can copy down the commands? TIA for anyone who can help!!! ...

Sepsis. Diagnosis is sepsis due to pneumonia. The diagnoses are presented in this way: Sepsis due to pneumonia UTI due to E. Coli Now, if you code the sepsis, it will be sepsis unspecified because you do not have an organism documented for the pneumonia or the sepsis (they don't know)038.9, 99591 and 486. If you go to code the UTI with E. Coli, there is an edit that excludes 041.4 with 038.9. Do you put it in, or do you just leave the organism for the UTI ...

I am typing a report about a man who is having knee problems. S/l doc is say8ing "Radiographs, including CENTERIZED view of both knees does show ... Does he mean CENTERED? Am I missing something? Help please. thanks. ...

So I have all these templates to pull into a single document all the time depending on what the patient is being seen for. I also have to put the name, dob, etc, in a particular place in all of these templates. Is there anyway to make a macro that will ask me the pertinent info up front and then when done it all just populates ready for me to just type? This is in Word by the way. ...

I just had a rather unsettling experience and would like some feedback. If I am wrong, please let me know that, too. I had been to my M.D. for some diagnostic tests. I was out this morning and when I returned, the doc's assistant had called and left the information--including my test names and results--on the answering device for my phone. We have household help and I am not the only family member who lives here. No one else was in my house at the t ...

Ok, so I dived in and signed up for the free trial of Shorthand. My question is, is it better to go ahead and begin using it while working immediately, or would you recommend practicing with it in Word before instituting it into actual reports? Also, is there any way to transfer what is stored in my AutoCorrect directly into Shorthand so I'm starting over from square 1? TIA for any helpful hints to get up to speed on this you can offer :-) ...

First, would like to say to anyone considering Andrews, I have been in the program for 5 months now and STRONGLY recommend the school to any doubters. I have been an MT for 15 years and decided it was time for a change. After thoroughly evaluating the multiple pathways to coding (RHIT first, local community college 6-month course and Andrews), I made the Andrews choice and am very pleased with my decision. Linda Andrews is very accessible, the instructors helpful and patient, a ...

Pt is status post radius and wrist fractures. No Tinels, Finkelsteins, Phalens, or s/l donnatells of the wrist. ...

When I open abbreviations to edit/add, every time you close after adding one, then open it again to add another, it seems to take forever. Is there any way to speed this process up? I have decent internet, nothing else is slow. When I transcribe, the program itself goes well. It's only the abbreviation section that's so poky. Any ideas how to make this go faster, the adding abbreviations? ...

My account has capped and bolded headings. For some reason, VR NEVER bolds. I guess it isn't capable of doing so! Is there any way to set up a macro to bold like maybe all headings or bold words in caps or anything like that? Even bold from the : to the beginning of the line maybe? I can't seem to figure out how to set this up. There used to be a webpage for help with macros and shortcuts but I don't recall what it was. Does anyone know what I am tal ...

The sentence reads,"The assigned nurse this morning reports that he had been having dressing changes to the right foot b.i.d. prior to admission with a (s/l sandeel)." Any ideas on what this word might be? TIA to anyone who can help! ...

I just downloaded a free trial of a medical/pharmaceutical dictionary and when I went to import it into my custom dictionaries, it says it must be converted to a Unicode document before importing. I'm confused...Does anyone know what this means or how to "convert" it to Unicode? I'm totally new to MSO 2010, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! ...

Under physical examination Skin: Flushed, moist, s/l attached, clear, no rashes??? help please with the underlined. also, under Neurology: Patient is l somewhat lethargic, but arousable and seems to be oriented most or s/l work? Please help with underlined. ...

Hear "Skin pink, warm and dry," often. Would this be correct in a black patient? ...

No skin problems other than the apparent s/l del I ga that she does have. ...

The specimen consists of an [ellipse of skin?] with a stoma of bowel in the center. Is this right? Does it make sense? ...

In the physical exam under derm, the patient has s/l "malaz" on the face. Her only listed diagnosis is fibromyalgia and the rest of her physical exam is normal except she has a dry mouth and erythema around the nail beds. ...

Dr. dictates: "Breast exam shows right breast with a slightly mobile, but obvious, mass below the nipple area with retraction of the nipple inward, and appears to have S/L skin embola but no evidence of ulceration at present." Please help! ...

Does anyone know what this might be? It s/l ab-sins. Thanks in advance. "Attention was then turned to the left axilla which was prepped with Betadine. Each of the skin tags was grasped with an ___, excised using an 11 blade, and then the base was cauterized for hemostasis." ...

Anyone know this type of skin retractor for excising a lipoma from chest wall? It s/l sins or possibly a-sins. Thank you! The skin was retracted using ___ and then later with army-navy, and the lipoma was dissected free from the surrounding structures using blunt dissection and cautery. ...

I need help, please, with a word? Here it goes: The anterior segment is remarkable for papilloma of the right lower lid as well as a lesion just temporal to the right eye that appears to be an old skin cancer lesion or a (sounds like "mevel.") Thank you so much! ...

Patient scraped her knuckles on a cheese grater. Doctor dictates, "They have melayer ? and scab, but they do not really appear infected." ...

Major mind melt! This is for a rash under a patient's breast and sounds like "empirazin" 2% cream as needed. Help! ...

Vacuum-assisted closure. I can't find abbreviation in references, and online it's both ways. Wondering if anyone knows for sure if officially there are periods in it or not (when client preference not stated). ...

Question for skin experts! - splandrea

Favre-Racouchot Syndrome. Did a lot of searching. - Olive

THANK YOU!! - splandrea

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