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That would be the "rule book" of how to do transcription if you

Posted By: haven't been exposed to it yet. Book II is the on 2007-07-09
In Reply to: AAMT "Book of Style"? (nm) - XanaX

Subject: That would be the "rule book" of how to do transcription if you

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The latest "rule" is to leave of the 's sm
Subject: The latest "rule" is to leave of the 's sm

But if I'm not sure the client prefers it that way, I type as dictated to avoid any problems. If the doc says Crohn, I type that, but if he says Crohn's, that's what he gets.
What is this, the Tao of Transcription?
Subject: What is this, the Tao of Transcription?

Wasn't looking for the Zen answer, just a little confirmation from fellow MTs.
I do both ASR and transcription.
Subject: I do both ASR and transcription.


help with transcription
Subject: help with transcription

I just can't make this one out. It sounds like the doc is saying: Abdomen gravid, with fundicide appropriate for dates. ??? Anyone know what he is talking about here? I've google it to death, with every variation of spelling. Much thanks in advance.
Website for transcription
Subject: Website for transcription

Does anyone remember a website (something "Hazel"?) that had phrases that might be used in transcription?  I transcribe for a doc that uses a lot of phrases such as "tincture of time," and since he's sometimes hard to understand, I thought this website might help me.  There were other topics at this website like a list of slang words that might be used in patient records.  I've used Google, but can't seem to find it.  I went to that website a very long time ago, so it may not even still exist. 


I'm a bit ashamed to admit that in my 40+ years of life and 23+ years of transcribing, I had never heard the phrase "tincture of time", or some of the other phrases this doctor uses! 


Thanks!


ah, if you had only crossed the t in Transcription *L*
Subject: ah, if you had only crossed the t in Transcription *L*

  
soap transcription
Subject: soap transcription

Has anyone heard of SOAP transcription?  What are they like to transcribe for?
Transcription Test
Subject: Transcription Test

Need Help ASAP am I hearing this correct:  coronary disease, post op placement x 2 marginal?
Gynecologic transcription
Subject: Gynecologic transcription

she is not a candidate for the (sounds like) Data Blacker protocol because of relative hypotension  (she is having endometrial ablation.)
In my almost 30 years of transcription....
Subject: In my almost 30 years of transcription....

I frequently have providers who don't pronounce things or say the right thing.  I think you are right... it seems like FNP, PA, etc are the worst... and hey my brother is a P.A.-C so I don't have anything against them!
possible Cardiac pt transcription
Subject: possible Cardiac pt transcription

have a couple of s/l's that I can't decipher nor locate through google - anyone help?


1.  procedure used in diagnosing a substernal left chest pain s/l percent in myovu


2. prior history of s/l estina ostoporosis


 


operation transcription
sounds like "area was then scrubbed with liquid braided dye and drape"  Anyone have any suggestions?
Curious what transcription program

Transcription quality can be shoddy,
Subject: Transcription quality can be shoddy,

but nodes can't!

Cardiology Transcription Website
Subject: Cardiology Transcription Website

Nothing But Cardiology Transcriptions.  www.cardioscribes.com


Seeking IC with Cardio experience.


correct transcription of subtenons
Subject: correct transcription of subtenons

is it subtenons, subtenon's, Subtenon's......(injection)?  this is ophthalmology and my Stedman's book is older and doesn't have this term listed.


 


cancer & chemo transcription
Subject: cancer & chemo transcription

What is the proper way to transcribe chemo cycles and stages of cancer?  is it cycle number two, cycle 2????  and stage IIIA, T2, N0, M0???  Use of capital letters and commas???  thanks for any assistance!


Also called "creative transcription"
Subject: Also called "creative transcription"

Or at least that's what one company I worked for called it when they did QA.  Expanding out things that don't necessarily have to be expanded out, or adding words that don't really need to be added, etc. I loved that term, "creative transcription"  Like we're writing a novel or something. 
LOL - that should be dictionary. Just can't keep that transcription lingo out my head!
Subject: LOL - that should be dictionary. Just can't keep that transcription lingo out my head!


No time limits (usually) on transcription portion
Subject: No time limits (usually) on transcription portion

As far as posting test questions and waiting around for the answers, I would assume these questions were being asked about the transcription portion of the exam. Mind you, not all companies set a time limit for returning the transcription testing files to them. Tests I have taken in the past have been tough ones, as many as 4 parts, with testing time spanning a few days while waiting for the recruiter to grade each section.
*English grammar/punctuation skills. Pass this, you move on to the next.
*Medical terminology skills/medication uses/disease processes, etc. Pass this, advance again to the next.
*Transcription skills demonstrating all of the above plus your ear-ability. Pass this, whew...almost done with this testing stuff! On to the last step.
*Oral exam. Pass this, get an offer (hopefully for a lot more than 7 cpl considering ALL the testing you just passed). lol

Not all companies perform this kind of in-depth testing, but I think the ones that do are more interested in hiring an MT who will be able to taken off full QA within a day or two of being hired, as opposed to an MT that is not as familiar/experienced with this employ.
Is pathology transcription hard to learn?
Subject: Is pathology transcription hard to learn?

Background is in acute care...want to learn pathology.
I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and
Subject: I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and

NOT NEUROFORAMINAL.
Thanks! Saw it in Equip book, but not cardiac book.
Subject: Thanks! Saw it in Equip book, but not cardiac book.

Go figure.

:o}
Stedman's Medical Equipment terms book or the Ortho terms book would help. nm
Subject: Stedman's Medical Equipment terms book or the Ortho terms book would help. nm

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Thanks. My book is too old to have that one.
Subject: Thanks. My book is too old to have that one.


Thank you so much!! I really need to get that book!
Subject: Thank you so much!! I really need to get that book!


Thanks very much! That's probably the only book I don't have!
Subject: Thanks very much! That's probably the only book I don't have!

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Which book was that in?
Subject: Which book was that in?

Found a Liberte stent reference in a past note.
I fix it for them the way it's in the book,
Subject: I fix it for them the way it's in the book,

but then again some services might not want you to.
Not in my book
Subject: Not in my book

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thanks.. its not in my 2nd ed GI/GU book nm
Subject: thanks.. its not in my 2nd ed GI/GU book nm


My Abbrev. book has tib-fib. nm
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Thanks so much! Will write it in my book. nm
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Thanks!! Maybe my book is too old, doesn't have it. nm
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sm - love my lab book!
Subject: sm - love my lab book!

VMA, 5-HIAA, cortisol is right, and it is epinephrine and norepinephrine
Thanks! I was looking in the HPI ortho book
Subject: Thanks! I was looking in the HPI ortho book


written in my book
Subject: written in my book

Granted I bought this book used, but the last owner wrote in "arcade of Frosche" (tunnel in the arm). I can't find anything on the Henry one though, sorry. I do try to find another reference if they were not written in by me, but I don't have one. :)
osetopathy ref book
Subject: osetopathy ref book

Stedman's 5th Edition Orthopaedic & Rehab Words + Stedman's Pathology and Lab Words should cover all you bases. See this link:
http://www.diagnosispro.com/online_store/clinical-reference/Stedman's+Orthopaedic+&+Rehab+Words,+5th+Ed.+(CD-ROM).html

In my Stedman's GI & GU book.....
Subject: In my Stedman's GI & GU book.....

they are both listed side by side, so I think it is the same procedure but just two different ways of writing it out. Either way looks correct.
As per AAMT book 2, is it x2 or x 2? TIA nm
Subject: As per AAMT book 2, is it x2 or x 2? TIA nm

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Does anyone have the Stedman's GI/GU book? (sm)
Subject: Does anyone have the Stedman's GI/GU book? (sm)

Can someone please look up Dobbhoff tube for me and tell me what page it is on and what edition they have of the Stedman's?  That would be Dobbhoff with TWO b's and TWO f's for my purposes, here. I need that particular spelling. 


I would be SO grateful!


(Background - I was on here a while ago asking about this word. Someone was nice enough to answer me with the correct spelling as found in the Stedman's GI/GU.  I used that spelling -- the one above.  QA came after me.  I defended myself by citing Stedman's GI/GU.  QA has asked me for the edition and the page number.  Well, I don't have the durn reference MYSELF, one of you nice people helped me.)  THANKS!


thank you...added it to my book.
Subject: thank you...added it to my book.

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I mean Stedman book
Subject: I mean Stedman book

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per the Book of Style
Subject: per the Book of Style

Per Book of Style 2 edition page 150:

"When the generic name and brand name of a medication sound alike, use the generic spelling unless it is certain that the brand name is being referenced to."

Therefore, I would use the generic spelling levothyroxine.

What would you go by...book or internet....SM
Subject: What would you go by...book or internet....SM

For constipation, patient is being prescribed *Senna-lax-S*.  My Quick Look Drug Book does not have it at all.  Google does have it all over.  My Stedman's spellchecker marks it wrong though and wants to change it to Cenalax.  Cenalax does not come up on Google anywhere and asks if I meant 'sennalax' instead.   OY!  Anyone know which is correct?  Is my Stedman's spellchecker wrong-o?


Yes, I see it my drug book also
Subject: Yes, I see it my drug book also

generic for Humalog. lispro
my drug book has Z-PAK nm
Subject: my drug book has Z-PAK nm


My onc book shows
Subject: My onc book shows

verrucous squamous cell carcinoma and also villous. and varicoid. Might want to check into those by googling the phrases.
these are all the encephalopathies in my book
Subject: these are all the encephalopathies in my book

encephalopathy

AIDS encephalopathy
alcoholic encephalopathy
amyotrophic type of spongiform encephalopathy
anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
arteriosclerotic encephalopathy
autosomal recessive syndrome of encephalopathy
bilirubin encephalopathy
Binswanger encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
cryptogenic epileptic encephalopathy
demyelinating encephalopathy
drug-induced encephalopathy
epileptic encephalopathy
ethylmalonic encephalopathy
familial encephalopathy
fulminant hepatic encephalopathy
glycine encephalopathy
Heidenhain type of spongiform encephalopathy
hemorrhagic encephalopathy
hepatic encephalopathy
HIV encephalopathy
hyperkinetic encephalopathy
hypernatremic encephalopathy
hypertensive encephalopathy
hypoglycemic encephalopathy
hyponatremic encephalopathy
hypoparathyroid encephalopathy
hypoxic-hypercarbic encephalopathy
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
infantile subacute necrotizing encephalopathy
ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy
lead encephalopathy
Leigh necrotizing encephalopathy
liver encephalopathy
Lyme encephalopathy
metabolic encephalopathy
methotrexate encephalopathy
mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE)
multicystic encephalopathy
myoclonic encephalopathy
myoneurogastrointestinal encephalopathy
necrotizing encephalopathy
Nevin-Jones subacute spongiform encephalopathy
palindromic encephalopathy
pancreatic encephalopathy
pertussis vaccination encephalopathy
portal systemic encephalopathy
post pertussis vaccination encephalopathy
post rabies vaccination encephalopathy
postanoxic encephalopathy
postcontusion syndrome encephalopathy
postvaccinal encephalopathy
progressive degenerative subcortical encephalopathy
progressive dialysis encephalopathy
progressive spongiform encephalopathy
progressive subcortical encephalopathy
progressive traumatic encephalopathy
pulmonary encephalopathy
recurrent encephalopathy
reversible encephalopathy
saturnine encephalopathy
septic encephalopathy
severe postanoxic encephalopathy
spongiform virus encephalopathy
subacute periventricular necrotizing encephalopathy
subacute spongiform encephalopathy
subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy
subcortical vascular encephalopathy
thiamine deficiency encephalopathy
thyrotoxic encephalopathy
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)
transmissible spongiform viral encephalopathy
traumatic progressive encephalopathy
uremic encephalopathy
vaccination encephalopathy
Wernicke encephalopathy
Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy
There is appendicocele in the book
Subject: There is appendicocele in the book


I can't document in a book either, but
Subject: I can't document in a book either, but

crura of the diaphragm actually makes some sense. I am thinking this is repair of a hiatal hernia or a small hole that would lead to a hiatal hernia. Myself, I would give the doctor the word and use it.