Dear medical coding students and medical coders: I am starting The Andrew's School of Medical Coding on April 1, 2011 and I have I am looking forward to it. I want to ask you your opinions. I was at the dog park with my pug Cruncher yesterday and I was telling my friends that I was looking forward to starting school and one my friends who is an oncologist at NIH was advising me that I should think twice about starting medical coding as a profession because the implementation of the electron ...
Has anybody left medical transcription at home to become a medical scribe? I have an opportunity to do so but there aren't any scribes currently in my area and I don't know anyone who has worked as a scribe before. The scribe position starting pay is almost double what I make as an MT per hour so it is very tempting, I just don't know much about it. ...
It's on a wrist injury. The word sounds like (it's slurred), but has the sound of - "inishits"
The sentence is
He has instability of the distal radial ulnar joint. He had an MRI, which did reveal tear of the TFCC, which _____ with his clinical picture.
Anywone have any guesses as to what that might be? I'm just at a loss.
Thanks,
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The CT scan of the head reported that there was atrophy noted in the ceverac node spaces in the frontal lobes.
ceveractnode ... ceverac node ... severac node... why can I not figure this one out. LOL ...
Under laboratory date it sounds like he is saying I gap 9, what would that be? I was thinking anion gap (AGAP) but the value seemed extremely high. ...
Possibly a feeding tube? She does have a PEG tube. Need to know the reference, too, please. I know I've had this term before, but I can't remember where I found it. ...
The physician states " at any ventirm" (thats what it sounds like), her outlook is much more positive.
It sounds like he saying at any , In any,
sounds like innnneeeeveennntermmmm????? cld somebody please help me out?? ...
Ok I need some help here is the sentence he is giving me and the blank sounds like corina. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It encircled the esophagus and the descending aorta at the level of the _____. ...
Thanks in advance...
Doctor dictates s/l Celesta in a drug list... this supposedly for seasonal allergies. Any help would be appreciated. If you have a link to verify, please include it. I'm all out of spelling variations to try.
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I made a longitudinal oriented incision and expressed some purulence out with pressure, cephalad and caudad, knee-v-eel, and lateral.
The patient has a infected brown recluse bite on his anterior proximal lateral knee. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance. ...
"Surgical Notes a national provider of transcription services for ambulatory surgery centers has an immediate part time opening for a qualified QA/Proofer. The independent contractor position will be from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM CST Monday through Friday. The pay is $17.00 per hour."
It's not a bad offer, but considering taxes and insurance.... it's probably closer to 12 bucks an hour, not to mention the hours/days set. ...
Can anyone offer some different words to describe bowel sounds on the physical exam? I've looked online and the ones I've found (normal, present, active, positive) just don't sound like what the doctor is saying. Of course he sounds like he's turning away & speeding up his words when he says whatever it is he's saying, so it could be anything, but it sounds like it starts with an "n" and has a t sound in it and is possibly two syllables. Any ideas? ...
Finger-nose-finger was _____ and deep tendon reflexes were 2+ bilaterally symmetric.
s/l intanted, entanted, intatted...
Thank you for advice, suggestions. ...
"Refill of Axert 12.5 mg., Anotix C two and twenty-four hour period, #12, with three refills. " Does anyone have any idea what the highlighted bit could be?
Thanks so much! ...
T: "...1-2/6 murmur ____ lower left sternal border and apex"
___ sounds like "so on the".
The only murmur sounds I've heard before are harsh, high pitched, blowing, whooshing, and rasping. ...
This is for bilateral L5-S1 facet medial branch block radiofrequency ablations.
The C-arm was directed over the bilateral "s/l allus". A #18-gauge radiofrequency needle with 10 mm active tips were advanced to bony contact at the "s/l allus" We then moved to a disc view and advanced to the "s/l allus" ...