combo help...commas/vertebral levels

[Guest guest]

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a goofy

sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

Ramona, I'm not sure what you are asking on the first one, since you have asked

us not to put in any commas, so guess it should be left as is.

On the second one, do not put C4-7, as that would actually be talking about the

vertebrae rather than the disks. The vertebrae are given as C4, C5, C6, etc.,

but the disks themselves are between the vertebrae and ar thus listed as C4-C5,

C5-C6, etc. At least that is how I was always taught to write them. Hope that

helps somewhat, Margaret

>>> " Ramona Leavitt " 08/21/02 10:31PM >>>

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a goofy

sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

Ramona, I'm not sure what you are asking on the first one, since you have asked

us not to put in any commas, so guess it should be left as is.

On the second one, do not put C4-7, as that would actually be talking about the

vertebrae rather than the disks. The vertebrae are given as C4, C5, C6, etc.,

but the disks themselves are between the vertebrae and ar thus listed as C4-C5,

C5-C6, etc. At least that is how I was always taught to write them. Hope that

helps somewhat, Margaret

>>> " Ramona Leavitt " 08/21/02 10:31PM >>>

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a goofy

sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

Ramona, I'm not sure what you are asking on the first one, since you have asked

us not to put in any commas, so guess it should be left as is.

On the second one, do not put C4-7, as that would actually be talking about the

vertebrae rather than the disks. The vertebrae are given as C4, C5, C6, etc.,

but the disks themselves are between the vertebrae and ar thus listed as C4-C5,

C5-C6, etc. At least that is how I was always taught to write them. Hope that

helps somewhat, Margaret

>>> " Ramona Leavitt " 08/21/02 10:31PM >>>

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a goofy

sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

1 - She has difficulty with numbness and profound atrophy in her arms and hands,

and weakness in her hands.

2 - When dealing with multiple vertebral levels, you could separate them out

(C4-5, C5-6, C6-7, etc.) or you can say C4 through C7, but never with a hyphen

in between, as C4-7 would suggest that C5 and C6 are missing and the junction is

between C4 and C7. Safest bet is to go with C4-5, C5-6, and C6-7, since you are

referring to spondylosis within the vertebral joints as opposed to the discs

themselves.

Just my opinion. We already know I'm an INTP! : )

Jen

combo help...commas/vertebral levels

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a

goofy sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

1 - She has difficulty with numbness and profound atrophy in her arms and hands,

and weakness in her hands.

2 - When dealing with multiple vertebral levels, you could separate them out

(C4-5, C5-6, C6-7, etc.) or you can say C4 through C7, but never with a hyphen

in between, as C4-7 would suggest that C5 and C6 are missing and the junction is

between C4 and C7. Safest bet is to go with C4-5, C5-6, and C6-7, since you are

referring to spondylosis within the vertebral joints as opposed to the discs

themselves.

Just my opinion. We already know I'm an INTP! : )

Jen

combo help...commas/vertebral levels

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a

goofy sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...

[Guest guest]

1 - She has difficulty with numbness and profound atrophy in her arms and hands,

and weakness in her hands.

2 - When dealing with multiple vertebral levels, you could separate them out

(C4-5, C5-6, C6-7, etc.) or you can say C4 through C7, but never with a hyphen

in between, as C4-7 would suggest that C5 and C6 are missing and the junction is

between C4 and C7. Safest bet is to go with C4-5, C5-6, and C6-7, since you are

referring to spondylosis within the vertebral joints as opposed to the discs

themselves.

Just my opinion. We already know I'm an INTP! : )

Jen

combo help...commas/vertebral levels

1-Without putting any commas in, I would like your opinions. It just is a

goofy sentence and I don't want to change the meaning:

" She has difficulty with numbness in her arms and hands and weakness in her

hands with profound atrophy in her arms and hands. "

2-I read up a bit on vertebra levels and how to write them. If a Dr. dictates

that a patient has C4/5, C5/6, and C6/7 spondylitic changes on her cervical MRI.

Is it appropriate to list C4-7 since you are still incorporating all the levels

the Dr. dictates? Or is it by preference on which you use?

TIA,

Ramona

RaLeeII@...