I was always taught that grade is always arabic and stage Roman but someone recently told me that is not the case for orthopedic terms, grade III spondylolysis and grade III medial meniscus tear. Does anyone know if this is correct? ...
I've seen kidney disease classifications both Arabic and Roman. Which is correct? I've been using Arabic, but I just had an editor change a report to Roman. I'm confused and can't find it in BOS2. Thanks! ...
I need documentation about cranial nerves. Got QA edited from using roman numerals, i.e. cranial nerves II through XII versus cranial nerves 2 through 12. According to my notes, either is okay, but QA said preferred way is 2 through 12, and I got "edited" for it. Ugh. Anybody? Thanks. ...
All literature, including internet, seems to use arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals. Cannot identify who originated sleep stage classification to definitively determine which. Anyone out there know? ...
Nothing in BOS, at least that I could find. Couldn't find anything on Loma Linda University site. Don't recognize the Google hits for arabic. Anyone know? Thanks. ...
Also this is treatment for renal calculus, I guess lithotriptsy, but in the name of the procedure he mumbles something starting in what S/L "He______". Any ideas.
Thank you! ...
Is stage capitalized or not as a general rule? What about as it pertains to renal? And do we now use arabic or roman numerals? - perplexed! Thanks for your help!! ...
So, we're not suppose to put a number (1, 2, 3,...) at the beginnng of a sentence. How then, should I type out:
(HEADINGS)
ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS: 300 cc.
DRESSINGS: 4 x 8.
Help please! Thanks! ...
I'm just curious as I'm seeing it constantly now. For decades, I have always been trained and told never to start a sentence with a number and to spell it out or add something like the work A or The like: The 20-year-old patient... instead of: 20-year-old patient...
I've been correcting it, but since I'm seeing it all the time, I'm wondering if this rule isn't followed anymore and, if this rule is still in place, they need to start training these ...
I have transcribed: PELVIC EXAM: Fourteen to sixteen week size mobile uterus.
Is it correct to have spelled out the numbers since it begins the sentence? ...
Hello. I was just wondering if anyone has experience with the above mentioned book? I was planning on getting the work book as well. I also wanted to know what other books I would need. I was going to get the 2013 addition for all books needed. I don't have the money to take a full course right now, but I would like to "get my feet wet" and see if this is the right field for me. Thanks. ...
Hi there, if anyone has an idea on this it would be appreciated. He says the patient is on a 2000 s/l kilical ADA diet. She is in for syncope and UTI. ...
Am doing QA on a report where dictator stated the patient was placed on a 2200-kilocalorie diet.
I'm not a mathematician, but wouldn't that be somewhere in the range of 2,200,000 calories per day? She dictated it twice in the report. Can someone enlighten me?
Thank you. ...
This patient has gestational diabetes and the doc has put her on s/l "A Carbos" 25 mg t.i.d. The whole sentence is as follows:
I have gone ahead and started her on a carbos 25 mg three times a day to address her postprandial hyperglycemia.
Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks! ...
doesn't matter to you, the MT will fix it. So what it takes MY time, so what it throws me off when I'm half way through the report and realize I may have it wrong and have to leave the screen, relisten to the beginning of the dictation, and change it..What do you care doc? you make a crap ton more money than I do, so obviously your time is more important.. ...
Anyone got a solid reference for this?
D: "Exam reveals a sixth nerve palsy."
Does it stay as an unadulterated Roman numeral ("...a VI nerve palsy"), get a superscript "th" (which formatting our system doesn't retain) or does it change to word (as above)?
Thanks! ...
Does anyone know if it matters if the liver segments are roman numerals or numeric? If you know the answer, give reference to where you find it. Thanks ...