Today the doctor was listing the Impressions. When he came to about the third one, he suddenly gave a loud sneeze - "A-choo!" - and VR printed, "Possible passed stone." There was no similarity of sound at all. But it gave me a chuckle. Yesterday, a dictator said clearly, "This is a history and physical," and VR put "This is a discharge summary." At least we're needed for something. ...
This is not NEW but still needed to say... I never had an appriciation in MT field since i joined 4 years back...This sucks or i am expecting too much out of them or is it the right time to say adios to this MT.
The way it is panning out, I have serious doubts about this MT field now...
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Does anyone know how to create a keyboard stroke to "go to" a * in Word 2007? For example: Physical Exam: Respirations *, Weight *, etc. When you have a template or macro for the PE and you need to just go to the * and fill in............
Thanks so much!
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This one is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't stare at it any longer. The patient is described as having "stroke-like symptoms with s/l 'cooping' of the left side of her face and eyes and slurred speech." ...
I'm transcribing a report and it s/l sicklean/sickleanian stroke. The patient has hemoglobin SC disease with possible OSA so I was thinking maybe he is saying sickle anemia stroke but it doesn't quite match what I am hearing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ...
Deposition of a neurologist on a stroke case. Here's the Question and Answer:
Q. But you're looking for symptoms, you're looking for condition of other vessels to see if you can find out where this is coming from, correct?
A. Well, I think that if you get an MRI scan and you see the basilar and proximal vertebral arteries, you're happy in your own mind that there is no disease in those vessels. And that's where most of the sub ...
Patient was admitted for s/l "playing of her words" and left-sided weakness...
I'm not familiar with the term, but fairly certain that's what he saying - help! ...
I am speaking with a counselor at a community college about a medical insurance coding certificate. I am more interested in outpatient coding in an outpatient setting and earning the CPC credential for professional coders. I really do not want to work in a hospital again. From a current medical coder's perspective, is outpatient coding and CPC a good option as compared to inpatient coding? What about the job market? Is the job marketing pretty stable for outpatient coders, who are not worki ...
Apparently anyone doing VA work has to have one. Is it strict? I am not proud of it, but I had a DUI about 20 years ago -- would that be something that would keep me from transcribing for the hospital?
Thanks. ...
S/l "Bolt" monitor.
We then examined the blood flow again. There was still bleeding. We documented this with photographs as well as put in the _____ monitor, which showed a slight waveform that corresponded with the patient's heartbeat.
Anybody heard of it? ...
and doc clearly says he suffers from PCOS. Is this an abbreviation for something other than polycystic ovary syndrome that I don't know about??? Thanks so much if you can help me here! ...
She is at high risk for lymphedema and I recommended physical therapy referral for lymphedema management. She will require sleeve S/L in-gart-ment for high risk activities. She is blind and uses a seeing eye dog with her left hand. ...
Cardiology workup in which majorly ESL doc says, "I assessed her [then he spells it--yes, go ahead and laugh] R-F-R-M-I-N-G-T-O-N" score." So, I'm thinking it's "Farmington" or something like that but discovered a "Framingham" score for cardiology. Yet, the doc did clearly spell the T-O-N part of the word, so I'm wondering if anyone has ever heard of a Farmington score for cardiology. Or anything. Anything. ...
patient it at high risk of breast cancer recurrence and they recomend utilizing combination chem utilizing s/l dose-stensator, Adriamycin, Cytoxan. Does anyone know what this might be? ...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx. We recommend radiation therapy due to several high-risk features, including perineural invasion, "Man ish ee all" positive margins, and lymph node involvement with extracapsular extension. ...