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I just expand to external fixator. I wonder if I'm wrong. nm

Posted By: Becky on 2005-10-04
In Reply to: Ex fix - just short for external fixator or - hardatwork

Subject: I just expand to external fixator. I wonder if I'm wrong. nm

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Ex fix - just short for external fixator or
Subject: Ex fix - just short for external fixator or

a brand?  Ex-Fix? ExFix? ex fix?  Thanks in advance.


Could be slang for external fixator or there
Subject: Could be slang for external fixator or there

is a Vilex eX-FIX.
Help with external fixator slang
Subject: Help with external fixator slang

On this account slang words are typed as dictated.  For external fixator he dictates ex-fix.  Is 'ex-fix' correct or should it be x-fix?  It has been suggested that it might XFIX, a brand name, but I have not been able to find anything to confirm it.


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bridging ex fix...as in external fixator...nm
Subject: bridging ex fix...as in external fixator...nm

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external fixator as well as buried s/l stined pins.sm
Subject: external fixator as well as buried s/l stined pins.sm

Orthopedics - reduction and accommodation of percutaneous and external fixation of crush injury to ankle.  Sounds like "stine-ed" pins across his ankle joint.


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Stryker Monotube Triax external fixator?? nm
Subject: Stryker Monotube Triax external fixator?? nm

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Subject: Stryker Monotube small frag external fixator?

Is that right?


Can find Hoffmann-Vidal external fixator for ankle/foot/tibia
Subject: Can find Hoffmann-Vidal external fixator for ankle/foot/tibia

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Do you guys expand AIDS/HIV in admit or discharge diagnoses? Normally I expand COPD, CAD, etc.. sm
Subject: Do you guys expand AIDS/HIV in admit or discharge diagnoses? Normally I expand COPD, CAD, etc.. sm

not sure in this case.  Account goes by BOS, not super nitpicky, but I'm wondering what y'all do. 
Possibly E-Fixator, Nitinol guide pin. nm.
Subject: Possibly E-Fixator, Nitinol guide pin. nm.


You are correct, doc either gave wrong dosage or wrong drug, would "flag" this for your QA dep
Subject: You are correct, doc either gave wrong dosage or wrong drug, would "flag" this for your QA dept if you have one.


Was this in wrong spot before? We had a slew of responses, all wrong! nm
Subject: Was this in wrong spot before? We had a slew of responses, all wrong! nm

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external fixation (nm)
Subject: external fixation (nm)

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internal or external
Subject: internal or external

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external fixation?
Subject: external fixation?


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Subject: Oops....external

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Subject: ?external pacemaker


If that's what was said, yes. You'd expand the second one to 42,800 IF your QA allows it. If n
Subject: If that's what was said, yes. You'd expand the second one to 42,800 IF your QA allows it. If not,

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if CP says to expand, I certainly do expand
Subject: if CP says to expand, I certainly do expand


Expand IV????
Subject: Expand IV????

How would I expand IV?  "Plan is to discontinue his IV."  When I look it up I get intravenous.  That does not sound right...... 


 


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Subject: Expand LVH

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Unless you need to know it to expand it in
Subject: Unless you need to know it to expand it in

the report, I wouldn't waste time over it. If you need to know, ask your supervisor to find out for you.
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Subject: how do you expand L5-S1 in a DS?

How would you expand this sentence in the Diagnosis section of a Discharge Summary. 


Do I replace L5-S1 with lumbosacral joint? 


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DIAGNOSES:


1.  Right-sided L5-S1 herniated nucleus pulposus.


 


I never expand
Subject: I never expand

Because abbreviations can mean so many things, I never expand abbreviations even in a diagnosis. Our hospital determined it is the dictators job to edit before signing if they want it expanded.
expand HPI?
Subject: expand HPI?

Forgive my newbiness (that WILL become a word someday, I'm sure of it!) that will clearly be seen in this question!

When the doctor dictates "as stated in the HPI" , should I expand that to History of Present Illness - with those caps in place or only capitalizing the H?

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should expand
Subject: should expand

I'm told to expand all those that are not common. (How gloriously vague!) Seems to me that "HPI" is pretty common. But I think I'll go ahead and expand.

So should I capitalize all of it?
I would expand
Subject: I would expand

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external oblique ridge?
Subject: external oblique ridge?


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Subject: external beam radiation ? nm


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Subject: EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)

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EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)
Subject: EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)

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Subject: GOT IT. "a course of" external beam radiation. WOW. I am done for the day now.

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Subject: EECs - external ear canals? NM

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If you expand it (and you should if your account allows), sm
Subject: If you expand it (and you should if your account allows), sm

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Subject: only expand it out to metastasis if.....sm

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Subject: I would expand all as you stated...

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Subject: I wouldn't expand it.

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Subject: I think I would just expand this nonsense to have it be

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I always expand it to saturating. (nm)
Subject: I always expand it to saturating. (nm)

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Subject: How to expand UBJ obstruction

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Unless you are to expand abbreviations
Subject: Unless you are to expand abbreviations

you transcribe it as dictated.
I always expand everything if CP says so, even lab tests..
Subject: I always expand everything if CP says so, even lab tests..

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Unless you have to expand all abbreviations
Subject: Unless you have to expand all abbreviations

don't waste your time worrying about it, just type it.
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Subject: Expand BMI in op title? sm

I couldn't resist putting Guess, since that's what I've had plenty of today.  Guess who dictated this report and put in ? maybe the wrong ID?  Or is it Dr. ??, or his/her (seriously, I can't tell) PA, or assistant... 


Okay, I had to gripe.  This is all I get lately.  I have actually broken my own record for finding someone who stutters more than someone I used to work for.  That's a terrible comparison, as everyone loved thiss doc and doc's dictation.


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The forceps are fine. Trying to think along the lines of external
Subject: The forceps are fine. Trying to think along the lines of external

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Subject: external hemorrhoids with s/l exstimatic bleeding?

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Subject: only a guess here, maybe external skin cancer??...nm

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Subject: closed? external beam radiation

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