PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Brachytherapy implant.
Now, where does "PROCEDURE ABORTED" go, so patient isnt charged for it, etc, and no errors are made? And, should it be all caps? In name of procedure or as a separate "Please Note:" Its dictated as name of procedure but Dr. is indecisive and stutters dictation ambiguously. ...
Is stage capitalized or not as a general rule? What about as it pertains to renal? And do we now use arabic or roman numerals? - perplexed! Thanks for your help!! ...
I have a patient who had a px of her ankle. The doctor did not give any hx of injury or any symptoms, just stated that she had a left ankle arthroscopy and what sounds like a Brostin procedure of her ankle? Anyone ever hear of this?
Thank you so much in advance!
Forgive my giddiness today but I havent' had a lot of sleep in the past several days and I do get giddy with little sleep. For some reason, one of my mom's most famous sayings just came to mind: "From the day of your ...
The other day the doc dictated "stage IV, baseline 3.5". Since BOS states to use roman numerals with stages, how would you transcribe the 3.5? The above is exactly what I transcribed but don't know if it is correct. ...
QA corrected my kidney disease stage 3, to III. on a more recent report, they corrected my stage III to 3. what the heck? i have on my notes that grade is 1,2,3, and stage I, II, III. anyone in the know? what is up with QA?????
wish they would get it together and at least try to be consistent. ...
Doctor states final pathologic staging as "T4B 2A M1A."
I've researched it individually and came up with T4b IIA M1a, but I'm unfamiliar with cancer staging, so if anyone can confirm whether this is right, I'd appreciate it a lot. Thank you! ...
Patient is a 43-year-old man with a history of end-stage renal disease, status post cadaveric renal transplant in ___. Patient had multiple episodes of increased (sl corrented) and rejection and had been treated with steroids in the past.
Thanks!! ...
About every 6 months or so, it seems I am moved to a new account. First account that I had for a few years went offshore, next account went completely to Epic, the account after that was overstaffed.
Now, just a couple of weeks into my new account which is also new to the company, they are talking about schedule optimization and there have been several OOW occasions. This is before people are even up to speed on the account. Makes me wonder how long until I move again. ...
Grade gets arabic. Stage, type, and class get Roman numerals. (Exception is type 2 diabetes.) None of them have initial caps (grade 2, stage II, type II, class II). ...
A needle was passed into the S3-4 foramen. Testing showed a a good s/l *bell-low*...
Patient has urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency, it that helps any. thanks!
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Nothing in BOS, at least that I could find. Couldn't find anything on Loma Linda University site. Don't recognize the Google hits for arabic. Anyone know? Thanks. ...