Alone in-house today and need a little help.
"There is a vague nodular density overlying the anterior first rib approximately 15 mm which suspect is a bone island. The patient will be recalled for lordotic, reverse lordotic, and infused cone of the apices."
Not sure of the bolded part and even less sure about the word apices.
Thanks!
He repeated himself a little clearer later on in the dictation. He said: "The patient will be recalled for lordotic/reverse lordotic vie ...
In a cranial CT I have always transcribed "basal" cistern, but in the report I have, the doctor clearly is stating "basilar" cistern. The Stedman's electronic dictionary I have shows "basal" cistern also. Can someone tell me which is correct, or are they interchangeable? Thank you. ...
Can someone explain to me what the variances are in the areas? I know what area I'm in but also have a #6 denoted for my work. I don't understand what these codes mean in my area (1-6). My CCM hasn't responded to my question and so I'm hoping somebody here knows the answer. ...
I had a few problems earlier with the NjA and jobs in my cue would disappear but then reappear, but I have no issues now and am working and did not get an email about problems from the Q. ...
Are the posterior pharynx and oropharynx two different things? My doc seems to be saying something different than she has ever before and I am mixed up. I can't find it anywhere. TIA. ...
How would you punctuate "posterior inferior" here? -"There is endplate edema involving the posterior inferior endplate of L1." I want to hyphenate it. Or maybe just leave it alone. Any help would be appreciated Thanks! ...
The patient does have a past medical history pertinent for having a right aortic arch with an anomalous left subclavian artery and a possible ligamentum resulting in a possible vascular ring. This was initially picked up after upper GI endoscopy which noted a posterior esophageal (s/l) pul-sa-tom mass. ...
Some type of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, but dictatin is extremely muffled.
With regard to the *_______ (7:51) (s/l Aceon Gunlanger treatment) of the injuries, the patient has accepted these symptoms consistent with posterior cruciate instability.
Also talking about thermal shrinkage procedure in number prior.
Thank you for any help. My software in not reinstalled yet, and I cannot locate it in books or Internet. ...
For a while now, whenever the doctor said, "AP and lateral is taken today," I would change it to "AP and lateral are taken today," but then a thought came to me that what if "AP and lateral" is a single entity, much like "macaroni and cheese," which is usually referred as a single thing. Is that the case with AP and lateral films? ...
Patient having hematuria underwent clot removal and bladder irrigation. Doc says: "There were no discrete bleeders, but several of the s/l angrier areas were fulgurated."
Could this *really* be angrier?? I'm thinking maybe tissue can look sort of red and angry, but I'm reaching on this one. Anyone with some experience know if this is a slang-type thing?
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Is this going to change anything for the MT? Since they are "joining" regions does that mean we will all be pulilng work from every account in the "new" joined region?
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An MRI of the lumbosacral spine, also done earlier this year, demonstrates severe neural canal stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 with bilateral lateral recess and facement, worse in the right at L4-5 with proximal L5 nerve root compression. ...