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| most numerals used in medicine are expressed as __ numbers | arabic
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| general rule is to use arabic numerals unless | roman numerals are specified or strong documentation that preferred form is roman
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| 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | arabic numerals
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| do not use periods; capital letters used except in special circumstances; lowercase are used as page numbers for preliminary material in a book & for formal outlining in publication | roman numerals
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| when a letter following a letter of greater value, in roman numerals, it | increases value of preceding letter
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| when letter precedes a letter of greater value, in roman numerals, it | diminishes the value of following letter
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| a bar over a roman numeral letter indicates | multiplication by 1000
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| roman numerals are used for __ designation for psychiatric diagnoses | axis
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| __ numerals are used for Billroth anastomosis | roman
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| roman numerals are used for blood __ | factors
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| roman numerals are used for __ stages | cancer
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| roman numerals are used for __ __ __ for Legg-Perthes disease | Catterall hip score
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| roman numerals are used for Clark levels for __ __ | malignant melanoma
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| roman numerals are used for __ nerves | cranial
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| roman numerals are used for __ classification for hip dysplasia | Crowe
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| roman numerals are used for __ ulcers | decubitus
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| roman numerals are used for EKG standard __ __ | bipolar leads
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| roman numerals are used for LeFort classifications of __ __ | facial fractures
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| roman numerals are used for Mallampati-Samsoon __ assessment | airway
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| roman numerals are used for __ __ of olecranon fractures | Mayo classifications
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| roman numerals are used for Neer staging for __ __ | shoulder impingement
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| roman numerals are used for Neer-Horowitz classifications of __ | fractures
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| roman numerals are used for NY Heart Association (NYHA) classification of __ __ | heart failure
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| roman numerals are used for Ranchos Los Amigos cognitive __ scale | function
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| roman numerals are __ __ Salter & Salter-Harris classifications of fractures | used for
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| roman numerals are used for Schatzker classification of __ __ fractures | tibial plateau
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| roman numerals are used for __, people, & animals | wars
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| used to indicate order/position in a series rather than quantity | ordinal numbers
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| in formal publication & correspondence, preference for all numbers, incl ordinals, is to __ __ __ 1st-9th & use __ for 10 & up | spell them out
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| in health record, all ordinals should be __ __ __ to promote clarity of communication | expressed in numerals
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| do not use __ with ordinal numbers | period
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| use a period with numeric values to separate | whole number from decimal fraction
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| use a period with numeric values after numbers to enumerate in a __, unless numbers are enclosed in __ | list; parentheses
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| use a comma with numeric values to separate groups of __ __ in numbers of 5 digits or more, unless __ are used | 3 numerals; decimals
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| comma in __ numbers may be omitted | 4-digit
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| use a comma with numeric values to separate adjacent __ numbers, if neither can be expressed readily in __ | unrelated; words
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| use a comma with numeric values to separate year from __ __ __ when full date is expressed | rest of sentence
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| do not use a comma btwn words __ a number | expressing
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| do not use a comma when only __ and year are given in a date | month
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| use a colon with __ __ of time | standard expressions
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| use a colon to separate volume number & page numbers in | footnotes, endnotes, & cited sources
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| do not use colon in expression of __ time | military
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| use hyphens w/numeric expressions to form __ __ btwn number & English word/nonmetric unit if it precedes & modifies noun | compound modifier
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| use hyphens w/numeric expressions when expressing numbers __ __ - compound numbers btwn 21-99, whether stand alone or are part of number over __ | in words; 100
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| use hyphens w/numeric expressions of __ numbers, in medical record numbers, social security numbers, etc | serial
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| use hyphens w/numeric expressions to express __ numbers that combined w/whole numbers whether spelled out/expressed w/numerals | fractional
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| express numerals of 5 digits/more by using __ to separate numerals in groups of threes, but omit if __ are used | commas; decimals
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| use words/figures for numbers in __ __, according to entity's preference | proper names
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| keep a numeral and unit of measure __ at line breaks | together
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| when large number rounded by use of words million or billion, number should be | expressed w/combination of numerals & words
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| when large number is used in a range expression, unit should be | repeated to avoid ambiguity
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| when decimal expression (such as four point two thousand) are combined w/word hundred, thousand, million, or billion, numerals may be transcribed | 4.2 thousand or 4200
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| when decimal expression (such as five point eight million) are combined w/word hundred, thousand, million, or billion, numerals may be transcribed | 5.8 million or 5,800,000
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| when 2 numbers are consecutive __ __ __ to avoid confusion | spell out one
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| spell out numbers that __ __ __, or recast sentence | begin a sentence
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| a(n) __ __ that begins a sentence does not need to be spelled out, but better to __ sentence if possible | complete year; recast
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| spell out number __ when used a noun/pronoun | one
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| spell out __ numeric expressions | nonspecific/indefinite; i.e. she described hundreds of symptoms
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| always spelled out when it stands alone as a general expression; when combined w/classification description/unit of measure, numeral should be used to express value | zero (0)
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| use numerals to express __, except at beginning of sentence | ages
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| when author dictates in clipped format & begins sentence with reference to patient's age transcriptionist should | recast sentence or write out number
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| use hyphens to form compound modifier when patient's age is expressed as __, whether noun following it is __ or __ | modifier; expressed; implied
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| do not __ patient's age when used a general descriptor & is not compound modifier | hyphenate
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| use numerals plus s (do not use apostrophe ' ) in general reference to | patient's age by decade
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| term used to indicate diameter of bullet in hundredths of an inch | caliber
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| a bullet that is 30 hundredths of an inch in __ is called "30 caliber" & is expressed in writing as .30-caliber | diameter
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| express calibers with a(n) __ __ followed by arabic numerals and a(n) __ when preceding & modifying a noun | decimal point; hyphen
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| when anatomic position is described in terms of __ __ as seen by viewer, use o'clock | clock-face orientation
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| do not transcribe o'clock as a(n) | expression of time
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| __ the clock-face expression since it forms compound modifier preceding & modifying the word __ | hyphenate; position
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| if word position is not dictated but position, and not time, is clearly implied, transcribe | full expression to avoid confusion
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| when clock-face orientation is expressed as a(n) __ __, omit word o'clock even if dictated | partial hour
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| when sequence of month, day, year are given, set off __ by commas | year
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| do not use __ when expressing month, day, year sequence | ordinals
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| if month, day, year sequence stands alone on reports, as admission/discharge dates, | do not use punctuation after year
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| use ordinal numbers when day of month __ month and is preceded by the word __ | precedes; the
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| __ use commas when day of month precedes month, and is preceded by the word the | don't
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| do not use ordinals in __ format | month/day/year
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| when military date-style is used the __ precedes the __ | day; month
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| when military date-style is used, __ are used but do not use __ | numerals; commas
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| when military date-style is used write out or abbreviate month (without periods) & use | arabic figures for day & year
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| when only an occasional date is referenced, it is preferable to spell out date in body of a report by | writing out name of month & using four digits for the year
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| when dates are used frequently, throughout a report, they should be expressed as | numerals separated by virgules
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| when using virgule to express dates, preference is to express __ __, no just the last 2 digits; important for clarity when expressing birth/historical dates occurring in either 20th/21st century | full year
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| when only month & day are dictated add the year if | only you are certain what year is being referred to
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| divide dates at end of line of text between | day and year
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| avoid dividing dates at end of line of text between | month and day
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| in decimals, use numerals to express __ __ | decimal amounts
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| in decimals, use period as | decimal point/indicator
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| always use decimal form with __ units of measure, even when they are dictated as a(n) __ | metric; fraction
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| do not use decimal form with __ units of measure, instead use __ | nonmetric; fractions
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| when originator uses fraction that cannot be exactly translated into decimals | transcribe as dictated
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| use decimal form with nonmetric forms of measure when | precise measurement is intended and fraction form would be inexact
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| __ __ __ places may follow the decimal | tow or more
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| when whole numbers are dictated, do not ass | decimal point and trailing zero
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| when decimal point and zero are dictated following a whole number to emphasize preciseness of a(n) __ (i.e. of pathology specimen/lab value) transcribe as dictated | measurement
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| for quantities less than one, place a(n) | zero before decimal point
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| for quantities less than one, do not place a zero before decimal point when | number could never equal (i.e. in bullet calibers & certain statistical expressions such as correlation coefficients & statistical probability)
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