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formatting for consultation report - ml
Posted: Oct 20, 2010
On a consultation report, under the heading "past medical history" is there a specific order of sub headings according to the AHDI standards?
Subheadings in PMH. - MT
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More information needed. Not sure what you mean by subheadings. In a physical exam there may be subheadings, but in a PMH,I would just type as dicated.
these are the sub headings - ml
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Medications: Illnesses: Operations: Allergies: ect...
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Thank you in advance for your help!
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I have a dictator that for some unknown reason kept dictating
Diagnosis:
1. UTI:
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No number #2 so i just did not even number this, but I got it back QA'd , am I losing it or have been doing this wrong all along?
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Hello,
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