Help. On neck exam, no (s/l sturgor) or stridor. I'm fried today!!

I am in the physical exam neck portion, but this statement could belong to another part following the neck exam, I just cannot get close enough on the word. Thank you!! NECK: Jugular vein pressure and carotids normal. Patient does have a bilateral s/l ath-ro-SIT-a-lus. CARDIOVASCULAR: Apex beat not displaced. Heart sounds normal. So the s/l word may be long to the cardiac exam that follows. ...

Neck supple. no * JVD distribution s/l flapping in ...

The dictator is Australian and I can't document this abbreviation in the context of a physical exam. Thanks in advance for help. ...

Thanks for help. ...

In physical exam he says: No stridor. No sturdor, muffled, or "hot potato voice" is present. ...

I know this exam is extremely difficult but I am going to attempt it. I already took and passed the CPC, but I understand the CCS is even harder. Do any of you coders have any advice? Thanks! ...

Dictated: Eyes: Extraocular muscles intact. He has bilateral Marcus Aurelius. Tympanic membranes are okay. Transcribed: Eyes: Extraocular muscles intact. He has bilateral arcus senilis. Tympanic membranes are okay. first time a Roman empirer has made an appearance in my transcription! This was not even VR! ...

Namely, why US hospitals are being turned into Towers of Babel because there is no SPOKEN English testing of foreign physicians. As it is, they only need to be able to read/write English sufficiently well to take the exam, which is a very different thing entirely from being able to speak English. It's passing strange to me that when I'm doing the most difficult work that I do with some of the most abysmal dictators that I deal with, who cannot string 3 English words togeth ...

Insulin-dependent diabetes. Heart attack. ESRD on HD on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. History of bilateral BKA secondary to diabetes. Pulmonary hypertension. CHF. ...

I need help! I have been trying to figure this out for a while now. Here is the sentence, "Neck is not stiff s/l as a tb to the stagnus" This is on an examination after patient hit his head. Any help would be great. Thanks ...

Or is the dictator just messing up? He then says there are some rales in the bases of the lungs. ...

Hi, coming across word I cannot get..doc is doing dissection on rt neck, lesion is posterior to the (sounds like) subneboric gland? He states hypoglossal nerve was superior if that helps. ...

anyone heard of a product that s/l 'Bingo'? Implantation of B___________ PEEK spacer with 26 mm height, packed with local autogenous bone graft inserted between C5 to C7. ...

ENT surgeon: "Neck mass, rule out Breckinclot cyst, type II" ? cyst Thanks. ...

or maybe Ellis ?? Allis ???? it is a L2-3 injury ...

Definitely doing too much today - cannot even come up with this word that I know that I know! Help please and thank you. ...

Hi, The doctor is talking about a patient with a neck swelling and he says the following: "She had an MRI that showed what appeared to be a lymph node that was 2-cm in CRANIOCOLUMN and about 1-cm in AP dimension." It's the word in all caps that I'm having trouble with. The doctor was speaking clearly and not too fast, but I'm having difficulty figuring out what the word should be. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Amanda ...

Is there a hyphen between swan and neck? ...

Is it okay to transcribe chin-neck-throat angle or should it be broken up? ...

doing a subclavian artery bypass. ...

NECK: Without cervical lymphadenopathy, - and then sounds like birmedling - or nadules. Help please!!! ...

I know we shoud sit as ergonomically as possible while transcribing, but I am still having considserable neck and shoulder pain. Does anyone have any suggestions; exercises, changes in equipment, position, etc.? This has gotten progressively worse over the years. I do work long hours - sometimes 12 to 16 at a time. Yesterday I finally threw in the towel and started a course of prednisone. Something has to work better than a constant array of steroids. TIA! ...

It sounds like moo-cot-uh. She reports the pain is principally along the rostral portion of the lateral neck on the right side just dorsal to the _____ and to the right pinna. Thanks, ...

Doing a report for a counseling and recovery center. Dr. says.... AIIMS exam showed mild involuntary movement of upper extremities and t____ assessment. Is it AIMS exam or Ames exam. I am also unsure of the blank, it sounds like it starts with the letter T. Thank you Thank you in advance! ...

I cannot confirm this anywhere. She says it a few times. GI problems with baby developing medical neck. ...

Help. On neck exam, no (s/l sturgor) or stridor. I'm fried today!! - shortcake

stridor - Teri

stertor - midwestmt

stertor/stridor - Teri

Thank you so much. I knew stridor; it was stertor that stumped me! - shortcake

Doc used both terms. Thanks again! I'm done for day!! - shortcake

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