She is currently pregnant - Janie

"Mom is a G2, para 0-0-1-0"

Is the patient currently pregnant?  That is how they come up with the gravida 2.

 Para =

total deliveries

premies

abortions

living children 

I think I figured it out - sm

Some dictators just do not think - Janie

Don’t you just hate it when they do not think before dictating?  If he/she had just dictated that the patient had just given birth, it should have been obvious that G2, para 0-0-1-0 was not right.

But, come to think of it, I have heard them dictate “previously” G2, para 0-0-1-0 for new births, just to cover themselves, especially if there are any complications and if the baby is in distress; or they are not sure about preterm status. 

Hope your QA has the sense to know why you left the blank.  That is another pet peeve of mine – leaving a blank because of inconsistencies and then having QA go ballistic because “it was clearly dictated and we type verbatim.”  Duh – wrong – is wrong – even if it is clearly dictated. 

LOL

Have a great day.   

Thanks!! - sm