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followup or follow up - Cloverport

Posted: Mar 01, 2011

Help guys! I have been working with numbers all day, which is not my cup of tea! I am totally brain dead right now. If the doctor states the patient is to have cardiology followup, it would be followup, or is it follow up?

Follow up - phancyphalanges

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Definitely "follow up" - two words :)

IT WOULD BE FOLLOWUP - See Message

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Take off the word up... if the sentence still makes sense it is 2 words, if it does not make sense, it is 1 word.

"The patient is to have cardiology follow" does not make sence, therefore it is one word.

This poster is correct - it would be 1 word - sm

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When used as a noun, it is 1 word. When used as a verb, it is 2 words.

I really wish people would stop posting replies without the proper documentation to back up their answer, which does nothing but lead to confusion. If you can't document it, please don't reply with your "answer."

Thanks! - Cloverport

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Thanks for the clarification. I was taught followup (noun), follow up (verb), and follow-up (adjective - such as saying follow-up appointment. That said, my first instinct was followup, but again I was totally drained and braindead after dealing with numbers all day - LOL! It has been a very long day, and a long night to come. I am working until 2 AM tonight. Tired, tired, tired. Again, thanks everyone :)

Followup/follow up....sm - GT

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Follow is something a person does. Up is how the person does it. He will follow up. He will have followup. Therefore, cardiology followup. It can get tricky depending on the dictation. For the plan, the doc may say "Followup/follow up in one month." He could be telling the patient to follow up or he could be saying that followup will be in one month. That's the only time that I, personally, get a little confused. : )

followup/follow up - sm

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Yes, it is confusing sometimes. The way I would do it is if the doctor says "Patient to follow up in 1 month." or "Patient to have followup in 1 month." or "The patient is to follow up in 1 month." or "The patient is to have followup appointment in 1 month."

Hyphen in Follow-up - MT

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The hyphen isn't needed for the adjective in this case. Followup appointment suffices.

As to documenting, I don't do that anymore here. I had a note removed because I was told that giving documentation could be seen as "snarky." Now, I only give documentation if the poster asks.

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