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Pata Ball Injury?! - trixie
Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Dictation about upcoming knee replacement - past medical history sounded like "She had a recognized pata-ball injury" but pata-ball doesn't look right to me...
if not meaning medical term: paddleball injury? nm - mtinok
She had an MRI, which indicted disc problems at L5-S1. In late 2008, she had a lumbar laminectomy and discectomy. She also had the application of an (________) ball placement for relief of discomfort and in place of a fusion.
S/L e-trips ball or eclipse ball
DX is unhelpful -- "back pain, status postoperative" ...
Using this term during an umbilical hernia repair with mesh, states: Dermabond was then applied. A ________was then fashioned into her umbilicus area.
Sounds like tonsil ball.
Thanks so much. ...
The patient was placed at s/l (ball rest) and sent home on s/l (prenal) nutrition and is readmitted for colectomy.
This dictation is so fussy. Can you help please? ...
Apparently in addition to transcribing, acute listening, and translating . . . now I'm supposed to have ESP skills to know what they MEANT to say even if it is strictly "verbatim," there is a gray area we are to instinctively know called, "Transcription clairvoyance, what the dictator meant to say."
Hey, they can't have it both ways - if verbatim is what they demand, verbatim is what they get unless that dictator directs me to change what was said all of the creepy stuff stays! I c ...
I'm trying to use just my balance ball right now. I have some low back problems and find that my posture is horrendous with sitting in a normal office chair; however, just the balance ball alone seems to be a little too low. Overall, it feels more comfortable on my rear end than my normal office chair and I'm definitely sitting up straighter, but wondered if anyone else out there had any experiences, good or bad, with using a balance ball or the balance ball chair setup.&nb ...
Anyone use a stability/balance ball as a chair while working?
Would appreciate hearing any thoughts on whether you felt it helped you with posture, core muscles, balance, etc. ...
Has anyone tried transcribing from a laptop away from their desk at home, maybe from the couch or in a reclining position while recuperating from a back injury? I recently injured my back. On days off when I'm not sitting in my office chair, I feel much improved. But as soon as I sit down to work, the pain returns like the day I injured it. Even with taking frequent breaks to stand up and walk around, I can barely stand up straight or walk after my shift and feel like I return to square ...
The doctor is either saying the patient has a peon or a P1 ankle injury or something like that but I can find neither after a thorough search. Can anyone help? The fx is in slight varus if that helps. Pt. has had external fixation. Patient has a type III-A injury. Any clue?
Thank you so much for any help you can provide. Have a great night! :-) ...
The word s/l nephology or fology. It is not etiology or epidemiology. The sentence is -
I have had the opportunity to discuss ____ology of head injuries, risks, etc., with the patient.
I'm drawing a complete blank and any help is greatly appreciated. ...
To have the percentage of stuff that goes to QA be a factor in the bonus. They are just encouraging people to send through stuff that truly is not decipherable (even numbers). Plus, how fair is it when you have one truly unavoidable blank in a 19-minute report and ALL those lines get counted as having been sent to QA? Motivating people to send through incorrect reports just could put me over the edge as far as leaving. ...
when they cut your pay and then ask you to absorb the printing and mailing costs of the ridiculous "new hire documents" for people who were innocently going along, doing their daily work, when out of the blue they were told of being merged into another company. Now really, is any of this OUR fault?? Like somebody said before, we are the faithful backbone of MDI and now we are being treated like scum off the street. I cannot for the life of me figure out why they need us to fill ...
Pt has injured her right index finger and doctor dictates the following:
I feel that both s/l EC and EIP are intact today on my exam.
I cannot find reference to the EC and possibly the EIP. THANKS for any and all help!!! ...
I have been an LPN for 8 years. I have 3 children ages 3, 7, and 12. I recently injured my back in December on the job at a nursing home and I am interested in working from home. I just don't know what to do. Is MT better than billing/coding? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also suggestions on what school/online program to go through would be great also. Thanks! ...
First question, is it type 4 or type IV - I see it documented both ways, does anyone know which is correct?
Also he says what sounds like fiseal injury - any ideas?
Thanks for your expertise and assistance, not real familiar with orthopedics. ...
Can you please tell me if the words in the parentheses sound correct? Also, I wanted to know if I should put a comma before which?
(Acute bony ) injury is identified. (Mild facet arthropathy) is noted bilaterally at L5-S1. There is calcification in the wall of the distal (abdominal aorta), which appears to be minimally dilated.
Thanks ...
I was one today, who "joined the lawsuit." Reason being is that I have worked for MANY companies in MANY capacites and have found companies whom like TTD and other companies are subcontractors for other companies - yes, there are compllaints of "low work/no work;" its not necessariy India or the Phillipines, but AMERICAN companies or individual MTs who are SOOO swamped they put ads on and hire people. I recently did QA for a company and was told not to touch a certain gro ...