PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Brachytherapy implant.
Now, where does "PROCEDURE ABORTED" go, so patient isnt charged for it, etc, and no errors are made? And, should it be all caps? In name of procedure or as a separate "Please Note:" Its dictated as name of procedure but Dr. is indecisive and stutters dictation ambiguously. ...
I have a patient who had a px of her ankle. The doctor did not give any hx of injury or any symptoms, just stated that she had a left ankle arthroscopy and what sounds like a Brostin procedure of her ankle? Anyone ever hear of this?
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Forgive my giddiness today but I havent' had a lot of sleep in the past several days and I do get giddy with little sleep. For some reason, one of my mom's most famous sayings just came to mind: "From the day of your ...
Morning all - looking for suture name/type. Doc dictates s/l 14-0 ef a lon was used for closure. Pt. had sharp dissection of nose lesion. Thank you! ...
Doing a balloon valvuloplasty and it sounds like doctor is saying "2 Perclose" of arteriotomy site - not Perclose, but something similar. Anyone know? Thanks in advance. ...
A "humanitarian" stitch? It sounds pretty clear but I can't find this term anywhere with regard to suturing a wound. I did come up with links to a lot of charity web sites though! LOL
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the wound was "VAC'd" as in it had vacuum assisted closure. This is a verbatim account, so I have to put as he dictates, but not sure how to type it. is VAC'd correct? ...
I know I've done this one before, but it's not coming back to me, and I'll know it when I see it. I believe it is a tecnique used in female GYN/Uro surgeries. ...
Anyone heard of an Eve forceps? Can't seem to find it anywhere. I find EVE endoscope, but nothing for Eve forceps. Any help is greatly appreciated...Thanks ...
Concerning below about how to report NJA, I was always told and still do it this way: No work for 15 minutes, off clock, then I fill out a Remedy slip. My CCM has not told us to do anything different. Two weeks ago we had no work on a Saturday and I did it this way. ...
I'm so confused. When OOW the most recent e-mail I had gotten said to clock out of production hours and back in under OOW for no more than 15 minutes as to not affect your line counts.... I am not seeing anywhere how to clock back in under OOW. I only see under tasks you can choose production, calls, etc. Can someone please explain how to do this so you aren't under production hours?? How do you all do it?? I have been OOW a few times and at 15 minutes each that would be 45 minutes and ...
The patient is status post Bias or BIAS procedure for cholecystitis. The doctor spells it with at least a capital B. I can't find any reference to it. Thanks. ...
They repeated the angiogram. They noticed an evolving pseudoaneurysm. For this reason, Dr. *** was brought into the case, and he performed a coiling of the pseudoaneurysm. During this process, the patient received five units of intra-arterial tissue plasminogen activator times two, and post coiling angiogram of the s/l intracranial cecalation apparently looked very good. ...
Question is s/l Lugall. He used it twice and not quite sure what he is saying, but s/l Lou-gulll
GROSS PATHOLOGY: s/l Lugall finds take up at the 12 o’clock position. Biopsy slightly toward the 1 o’clock position.
PROCEDURE: With the patient’s permission and proper time out the bivalve speculum was put in place and Lugall used and then cetacaine ... ...