I have used acute-on-chronic for years, but more recently my VR prints out acute on chronic. Did I miss something? i.e. acute-on-chronic kidney disease. ...
I just received my audit of five reports and in the diagnosis I put:
Acute and chronic low back pain.
I received a minor feedback and it was changed in the diagnosis to:
Acute on chronic low back pain.
Is this something new that I am not aware of? ...
"He was diagnosed with a COPD exacerbation and treated with s/l SCN of FCN and Solu-Medrol."
and
"He has a home s/l SCN or FCN machine and home O2." ...
S/s Chronic bysacalebrium from a spina bifida.
Not sure if it starts with a B. Sounds like it definitely ends with "brium". I'm having a heck of a time finding anything remotely like it or a list of things caused by spina bifida. ...
Here are some of my observances of chronic ASR errors, though sometimes it gets it right. Most are not a biggie, but one could get marked down on an audit.
1. BiPaP. Should be BiPAP.
2. Levothyroxine. ASR capitalizes the "L" for some reason. This med is a generic for the brand Levothyroid. Should be levothyroxine.
3. FIO2. Should be FiO2.
4. Hospice. In the English dictionary, this is simply hospice. If a specific organi ...
Tonsillectomy report and it says, "She also has chronic tonsillus production?" It s/l tonsillus or tonsillis?
Does anyone know what that word could be? Thanks. ...
Doc dictates "The patient has a history of chronic kidney disease (stage 4 to stage 5) ?!?! is that how it is transcribed per the BOS II ... I just moved and cannot locate my book for verification. ...
A 57-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease. In the Plan, dr (soft spoken with heavy accent) says "We will do a (s/l) P-urea or (s/l) Fe-urea.'' ?
Thanks very much for any help. ...
I know this is a really stupid question but, what does acute care consist of? What types of reports are acute care? I understand that it is basically emergency type of care or short-term care, but exactly what types of reports would you be transcribing?
TIA ...