724.6 Disorders of sacrum
Posted By: MT50 on 2007-10-03
In Reply to: preop diagnosis s/l dis-hor-sis of the sacrum at 7-24.6???. nm - minmin
Subject: 724.6 Disorders of sacrum
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I type for a doc who always says L5-sacrum instead of L5-S1 sm
Subject: I type for a doc who always says L5-sacrum instead of L5-S1 sm
So I guess it's not much of a stretch when you're talking about a fusion to say L4-sacrum.
Docs invent their own words - they don't care about what's "correct". A lot of times it just depends on whether the account wants everything verbatim or if they expect you to clean things up and put them in proper format.
S/l tar-loff-sis is present in the sacrum.
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Can't give much more relative info than that. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
preop diagnosis s/l dis-hor-sis of the sacrum at 7-24.6???. nm
Subject: preop diagnosis s/l dis-hor-sis of the sacrum at 7-24.6???. nm
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never mind. It is sacral agenesis. She says absent sacrum after it,. Thanks. nm
Subject: never mind. It is sacral agenesis. She says absent sacrum after it,. Thanks. nm
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no "hitting" disorders
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When are disorders capitalized?
Subject: When are disorders capitalized?
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Is it Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in that case?
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atazanavir for immune disorders
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probably "no bleeding or clotting disorders"
Subject: probably "no bleeding or clotting disorders"
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dictating generalized disorders do not need to be capitalized
Subject: dictating generalized disorders do not need to be capitalized
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Your angle is in the book Neale's Disorders of the Foot:
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The Drug is 6-mercaptopurine, used in iatrogenic/autoimmune/inflammatory disorders....nm
Subject: The Drug is 6-mercaptopurine, used in iatrogenic/autoimmune/inflammatory disorders....nm
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Torticollis is one of a broader category of disorders that exhibit flexion, extension, or twisting o
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