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? ...
Any long-time MTs (over 30 years) having chronic neck/back pain, hand pain, wrist pain, migraines, etc., ever had luck at filing a workers comp claim? ...
Status post septoplasty. Good outcome. That ear fullness, she has not had any problems with it. She has taken _____ for postsurgical pain and she continues to use her Neti Pot.
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Chronic osteoarthritic pain propoxafine ? 8.5, he takes about 120 per month. This is driving me crazy because I just cannot come up with the right word and I know it is probably some type of pain medication. ...
ESL Chinese. Patient has burning foot pain (neuropathic pain), already on Lyrica, gabapentin. "Therefore, today I suggest the patient give a trial of the s/l ma-sev-a-tine or tane". I start the patient on 150 once a day . . . Cannot find this medication. Help greatly appreciated. ...
Has low back pain and spine deformity. He has tried tramadol in the past, and it did not work. I gave him samples of Celebrex and s/l Vymo/Vimo (taken b.i.d.) ...
I'm going completely blank on this one. The patient entered the hospital for chest pain. The doc states: (blank sounds like gel, or jail)
He denies any current discomfort but states when it is present it is usually a mild to moderate degree of pressure about the chest. He denies any radiation to the _____, arms, or back. ...
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. ...
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. ...
SOAP report, under A.
Is it transcribed as "Acute on chronic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" or "Acute on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"? ...
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. ...