Cancer staging - how do I write 4A?

This is exactly what the doctor says. I'm unsure how to write it out. Any help would be appreciated. This patient is known to have metastatic colon cancer. He was first diagnosed in 2006 and was originally PT4 PN2 NXG2 R1 and received chemotherapy and radiation therapy but had recurrent disease. PT4 PN2 NXG2 R1 is what I need help with. ...

I have a doctor dictating a cancer stage for colon cancer, this is what she dictated. I am sure this is not typed right. Could someone help me out with this? Stage IIc PT4 BPN0PMX. ...

I have seen the staging/grading represented in conflicting ways and do not own a book of style. Can someone tell me if this is a correct way to represent renal cell carcinoma staging: Stage pT3a, pNx, pMx Thank you!!!! ...

Dr. says: Endometrial adenocarcinoma, stage 3c2 grade 2, currently undergoing chemotherapy. Is that written right? ...

I think I'm mainly concerned about the plain " (i) behind the T2 ?? ...

Does anyone know the correct way to transcribe breast cancer staging when dictated as follows: pT2 "sentinel node 0" MX. I am not sure how to transcribe the dictated "sentinel node 0." Thanks for your help. ...

Sounds like N more than M. ...

Cancer staging. Stage IV A, Stage IVA, or Stage 4A? ...

In a cancer report, the doctor gave a diagnosis of Stage IIIC T4aN2M0 cancer. Then she later said, He was staged as a pathological T4aN2a. She added the a and dropped the M0. I listened very carefully for the diagnosis and later in the problem list. She does not add the a after the N2 in either place. Does anyone know why it is N2a in one place but just N2 in the DX? ...

how do I correctly write prostate cancer stages? ...

Help would be greatly appreciated because I can't locate it anywhere and have not in the last 3 years of doing Ortho had a doctor dictate this way...which I have transcribed verbatim. " Mr. X is a 33-year-old male, with a history of Chrohn’s disease, who has a history of increasing left hip pain. X-rays, MRI, and plain films are consistent with a collapsed femoral head (stage IV B2). " ...

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. ...

Gleason score 4 + 5 = 9 involving 35% of the specimen, 1 out of 1 cores contained cancer, linx of cancer was 0.35 cm. She says the linked or linx twice in the document. ?? ...

Hi, eveyrone. I just started as an MT in Michigan, and I am going to be working from home fairly soon. I am moving back to New York for my music degree and transcribing in my free time. Problem: I have a very old laptop that is starting to fall apart. The keys don't always work and, although it is my baby, I can not keep using it for transcriptions. My boss had said he heard that we could write off a new laptop as an expense (much as flight attendants can write off their own laptops and mak ...

The doctor says, " CK of fifty-nine-three-nine-four". 59,394? 59.394? 59-394? 59/394? 50, 93, 94? Thanks in advance for any and all enlightenment you can bestow upon me. My brain is a fried mess - time for a break! ...

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It's a Whisper wire over-the-wire 1520Is over-the-wire capped or not? I've seen both. How do you write 1520? Appreciate the help. ...

Has anyone heard of or worked for this transcription company? If so, what are your thoughts and more specifically on average how many billable monthly lines are available at this transcription company? Is the work steady or sporadic? Thanks in advance for your comments. ...

Is the correct way to type COPD in a discharge diagnosis.....COPD or to spell it out? Thanks:) ...

Does anyone know if there is a new rule in MQ land about never writing out the date, always making it numbers only? I get back reports every once in a while with all the written dates crossed out and replaced with numbers yet the CP does not specify either way. So, when a doctor states March 3, 2010..that is how I type it, if he states 03/03/2010, that is how I type it. I am going to complain to my manager about this but I was wondering maybe I missed a new rule. Tha ...

The doctor is dictating a white count number and he distinctly says "Thirty-eight thousand point 4." (The patient has CLL). How would you write this number? My guess is 38,000.4 ...

how to write this "level 2, 3, 4, and 5 lymph node dissection"? numbers or roman numerals? ...

What is the prope way to type this out: five-tenths of a cc. I have been typing 0.5 cc, but I am thinking maybe it should be 0.05 cc. Please help set me straight! Thanks! ...

ASR: tachy fell axis I am wiping the tears from my eyes on this one. What a stupid program. I swear it is written by the Indians. I had a wonderful English-speaking clear-as-day doctor yesterday, first name of Daniel, and the ASR did not get 75% of his dictation. It was just words and gibberish. It was a crying shame. That could have been a helpful tool in that instance. It should have been able to transcribe him perfectly and editing should have ...

In some sentances they say 5 out of 5 to muscle testing, sometimes 5 minus out of 5, or 4 plus out of 5. I am not allowed to use the + or - sign. I've got the 5/5, but is it correct to put 5 minus/5 or just type out 5 minus out of 5. ...

Is it A1C, A1c or A1-C? ...

Has anyone heard of or worked for Speak Write? ...

Dictated as "a year and a half ago." Do I type it as such or do I change to 1-1/2 years ago?? Thanks for your help! ...

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