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ivs slip ???? to rule out monoclonal gammopathy; also responsible for his high creatinine. - truly thankful
Posted: Jul 29, 2011
Cannot find what kind of test doc is saying. Any help would be appreciated!
an idea - sm
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is it possible they are saying "IFE, SPEP" - which stands for immunofixation electrophoresis and serum protein electrophoresis? (The SPEP is pronounced "ess pep").
I know there is a monoclonal gammopathy, but there is there a monoclonal globinopathy. I could not find it in my resources ? It is very clear what he is saying. Thanks ...
Who is responsible for adding the templates? I am finding a lot of errors lately in these when I pull them in. For instance, spacing. Several, if not many, are only single spaced between the end of a sentence and the next and only 1 space after a colon. Yet another thing to slow us down. Got "dinged" for pulling one in and not changing. I assumed (yes we all know what happens when you assume). That will never happen again if I can help it.
Also noticing 1 space between state ...
I have been doing MT for over four years now and have been working for other MTSOs. I am now ready to try to get my own contracts and have been doing lots of research, but what I can't seem to find out is who is responsible for providing a HIPAA agreement, me or the doctor (covered entity). I found on the Department of Health & Human Services website some sample contract language, but I'm just not clear if I need to put language in my contract with the doctor to cover this , or if the ...
Hi, I have a question about how high creatinine can go. I have someone who was in a car accident in critical condition. The doctor says his creatinine is decreasing to 132. Is that even possible? I think I will flag it anyway, but I am curious about how high it can go. ...
I've been at this midsized company for about 2 years. As many as 50 of us work this large account. I do acute care. Would like to hear from anybody who's experienced this; how long till this severely (?) affects us? Can you give me a play-by-play? I figure the boss won't be telling us much of anything along the way. ...
I've heard all the docs saying this... even ones whose grammar I don't need to normally correct. Have I been wrong all these years in thinking with an "AND" there would make the correct phrase "WERE" ...
... providing high quality care OR high-quality care.
I did it one way and the dictating NP says it should be the other way. I have to do it her way but I would appreciate hearing from some fellow MT professionals.
Thanks for any input.
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Hello. It might just be too early but can someone tell me the rule as to when to add A? Like the doc says
HISTORY:
72-year-old woman who.....
Should I be adding A to the beginning?
HISTORY:
A 72-year-old...
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In the diagnosis section this doc says "SIRS. Rule out s/l PTI." So, I found SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome) but I can't find out what s/l PTI is to go along with it. Any ideas? ...
murmurs, gallops, or rubs OR murmurs, gallops or rubs?
I am old school and taught that the first is correct, but I waste a huge amount of time and keystrokes correcting this and other instances like this. I looked at the AAMT link, but really didn't get a sufficient answer if the second is OK to leave as that is the preferred way ASR puts it; however, every grammar site I looked at online puts the additional comma in. ...
As American-born, English-speaking doctors are becoming the minority, I think all companies should openly state what percentage of ESL will be encountered in a new job and then ask 1 year of experience for each percentage of ESL; e.g. 40% ESL (the maximum I can personally tolerate) 4 years experience plus a differential in the line rate, too. What do y'all think? ...
EMS responding to a patient who just had ablation for SVT last week and is complaining of weakness and dizziness. Cannot find with much searching. Thanks for your help! ...
This was published in the Federal Register last week, correct? I have a friend who is in a battle with an insurance company over a very sick child. They are always throwing up obstacles for coverage.
She told me that out-of-network treatment is covered at 50% of 200% of Medicare rates. So we are trying to uncover exactly what that rate is. Is the CMS Final Rule document what I am looking for to help her?
Is Coder here? Expert insight would be so appreciated ...
When you get NJA you have the 3 options as we did before. When you choose to "make up time", at the very end of the explaination, it says something along the line of entering a leave request on teamwork for excused no pay?
This only makes sense if in fact you cannot or do not make up the time, but the policy does not explain it that way. Example: You work 2 hours and get NJA. You have 6 hours to make up and can only make up 4. The remaining 2 hours must be en ...
I really don't see what it matters now that we don't get PTO and if we aren't getting paid for it so what. Seems stupid to me that they would care how much time we have off if they aren't paying us anyway but anyone know now the most days you can take for the year part time and full time? I know they took away PTO for part timers and cut it for full time but wasn't sure of the new rules. Also, when does it start over again if you used up your unpaid time off days. ...
no patient name is given? Do we transcribe it as "UNKNOWN, NAME" or "NO NAME, GIVEN" etc? Or where this info is located? I've searched DQS guidelines and TSG and can't seem to find it. TIA! ...
I know the 2nd edition says no comma between 5 feet 5 inches, for example. Does anyone have the current BOS edition and knows if this is still the same? ...