Didn't realize this was the case...
Posted By: sm on 2008-01-30
In Reply to: to be more clear - s/m - confused
Subject: Didn't realize this was the case...
Can you give a sentence to put into context what he's talking about?
But basically, I'd say if the doc dictates it that way, I'd type it as 157 cm and 3/8 inch.
Sometimes we worry too much that there's a way of doing something, and we're missing it -- We have to quit torturing ourselves about this kind of thing -- I know, it's tough :).
But I've never heard of a way to type something like that, other than just figure out what would make sense and not muddy up the report.
In a case like this, just give them what they say. If they have a problem with it, they can clear it up and instruct someone on what exactly it is that they expect.
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Subject: I didn't even realize they were both correct - I have
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Subject: i can't believe I didn't realize that, I must be slow today, thank you
It is upper case for stain, lower case
Subject: It is upper case for stain, lower case
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I did Google it, but I didn't know it was a hearing test it didn't pop up. Sorry to bother you
Subject: I did Google it, but I didn't know it was a hearing test it didn't pop up. Sorry to bother you.
Do you realize you
Subject: Do you realize you
offered no context, such as whether this is a neurology report and what part of the body the patient is having symptoms in? If you put that in your subject line, then it will catch people's attention who type those reports.
Do you realize you have
Subject: Do you realize you have
given us no information to go on? What is the procedure? What part of the body. You have all the clues and aren't sharing.
sorry, didnt realize you got it :P
Subject: sorry, didnt realize you got it :P
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Well U do realize WE R the minority..*LOL*..sm
Subject: Well U do realize WE R the minority..*LOL*..sm
Hard to change my ways anyway at this age.....*LOL* but we ARE the minority on this, as I have many people in my life in the business forever too. I took a formal MT class 26 years ago at a major teaching hospital (with branches all over this country) and this very issue came up, and they (the instructors) insisted that it is disk for eyes and disc for the spine. But, like most reasonable posters have already said, they are both acceptable in use. Again, it's always client preference. 
And she does NOT realize that demographics..sm
Subject: And she does NOT realize that demographics..sm
Demographics have TONS to do with that - I remember in 1980 - where I live had TONS of elderly (now deceased) so the first years of me doing MT work, the very elderly are usually in hospitals with these kinds of problems. But now where I live, median age is 38!!!
Hence, it doesn't fit the bill any longer, and demographics have changed so drastically in the USA the past 30 years and especially the last 10 years that these statements of hers aren't cutting it.
Oh well, with the cute icon popping bubble gum of hers and it is a very cute emoticom, a grown woman in her 40s-50s-60s I do not think would usually choose an emoticom like that one - perhaps she is very, very young, and we cannot fault her for being a baby. She'll grow up one day and realize it all on her own, IF she opens up her eyes. 
Thanks again! I did not realize my last message had cut off. nm
Subject: Thanks again! I did not realize my last message had cut off. nm
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I realize this is only 4 days late...
Subject: I realize this is only 4 days late...
but, I found a fiberoptic interosseous endoscopy. Don't know that that's what it was, but perhaps if you get it in the future, you have something to look into!
LMAO! Do you realize how funny that is?!
Subject: LMAO! Do you realize how funny that is?!
It's a WEED killer....she was smoking mary-j-wana...get it? LMFAO!
Thank you so much! I now realize I have at times been transcribing wrong. nm
Subject: Thank you so much! I now realize I have at times been transcribing wrong. nm
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Maybe simply something like "dentures that fit well." (I realize this is late, but....) nm
Subject: Maybe simply something like "dentures that fit well." (I realize this is late, but....) nm
nm
No, I didn't mean that as a slam that you didn't research!!!
Subject: No, I didn't mean that as a slam that you didn't research!!!
I just meant that it's checked and verified for you. Shitzoo showed up on Google, too. LOL
I agree that we need more context. However, newbies don't realize this and deserve our patience.
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Thanks again...tried that but didn't get anything because I didn't know how to spell it. (nm)
Subject: Thanks again...tried that but didn't get anything because I didn't know how to spell it. (nm)
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In this case.... c msg
Subject: In this case.... c msg
Nothing is wrong with grammer/punctuation. Therefore, I agree with verbatim and it should stay PRN Tylenol
Just so you know, in case it comes up later, sm
Subject: Just so you know, in case it comes up later, sm
The expression is "I'm at a loss" not "lost." And it should read "Mother deceased at age 71" not "decease." These just might be typos as you're probably in a hurry, but I wanted to be sure you were aware just in case.
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oh. in that case, I'm not sure - sorry to be of no help!
Subject: oh. in that case, I'm not sure - sorry to be of no help!
Oh! In that case,
Subject: Oh! In that case,
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Thanks, but I think in this case
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not in this case.
Subject: not in this case.
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during the case?
Subject: during the case?
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In this case, no.
Subject: In this case, no.
The dictator in your example is not giving a specific clinic; the word "a" or "the" is understood.
You will often hear "The patient was seen by Oncology," or "...when Cardiology evaluated the patient." A good rule of thumb is: If you can substitute "Bob," then you DO capitalize. "The patient was seen by Bob." Yes. "The patient was seen by the cardiology service," -- "The patient was seen by the Bob..." No. Get it?
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Subject: I can't think of a case when you would
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Subject: case of BES? I think you have had enough for both of us.
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Subject: yes, discontinued in that case -- (sm)
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It would be lower case "w" sm
Subject: It would be lower case "w" sm
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Subject: It's actually in this case more likely to be "eburnation"
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I thought that might have been the case
Subject: I thought that might have been the case
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But thanks for the help anyway:)
yes, re-x-ray (lower case) (nm)
Subject: yes, re-x-ray (lower case) (nm)
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in this case no apostrophes at all....
Subject: in this case no apostrophes at all....
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Subject: lower case of course : )
Thanks...I will flag it just in case
Subject: Thanks...I will flag it just in case
When I got to the exam, she only weighs 111 lbs, so that makes me even more concerned that he just got lazy and just said "5" because he definitely didn't say 0.5 or even .5, it was just 5. I hesitate on questioning things that could be borderline, I always worry about them getting huffy if I dare to suggest they might have said something wrong, especially if what they said was what they meant, but then I think, I work at home in another state and wouldn't know him from a hole in the ground, what's he going to do, come to my house?!?!?
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Subject: 2 x 2 x 4 cm; in case it matters...
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Really? Do you just put it lower case? nm
Subject: Really? Do you just put it lower case? nm
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Subject: so I think callus is right in this case
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Subject: no, not Gleason in this case. nm
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Subject: in this case doc is referring to several .sm
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Subject: I don't think in that case it would be capitalized. NM
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