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Code words

...used during shift report.

High five = HIV

I'll even go as far as to say indigent is code for homeless because it's a euphemism passerby might not pick up on

What others?

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    "Patient suffers a critical deficit of attention" = needy

    Bowel-obsessed. C'mon, everybody's had at least one patient like that.

    I have others but I can't remember :rolleyes:

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    FOS= Full of stool, if pt had not pooped for a while.

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    Love these.....we all have them and use them

    positive Masonite sign: frequent flyer ready for admit upon arrival

    DBQ: dirt bag quotient

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    We use 042 for HIV - it's the ICD-9 diagnosis code for HIV, but most patients/family don't know that so it's pretty innocuous. That's the only code we use regularly.

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    FOS= Full of stool, if pt had not pooped for a while.

    We use FOS too, only it doesn't mean the same thing. Diagnosis = Full of %$#.

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    4F's (40,female,fat and fertile) LOL, banana bag, crispy critter

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    Alphabet soup

    For the kid w so many diagnoses you can't possibly list them all (mr, cp, g/j tube, vp shunt, asd, vsd, ...)

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