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The illustrated report can be abstracted as follows:
Example F2: 8/17/91.
Laryngoscopy: Fungating mass occupying the left supraglottic area from
the false cord up to the aryepiglottic fold. It does not pass the midline.
Pyriform sinuses and the glottis are free of disease. The cords were
moving normally. Bx taken.
Comments:
a. The procedure"direct laryngoscopy" issometimes abbreviated "D.L."
b. Reporting "biopsy taken" alerts the abstractor to look for the pathology report._
The general procedures for abstracting the laryngoscopy report are:
1. Report date and type of procedure.
2. Record description of pertinent findings, such as location of the tumor and mobility of the
cords.
3. If biopsies were taken, locate pathology report and abstract pertinent findings.
Cystoscopy. The cystoscopy is the examination of the interior of the urinary bladder by means
of a cystoscope. It is inserted into the bladder by way of the urethra and, therefore, can be used to
examine the urethra as well. The results of these examinations may be recorded on the report of
cystoscopy as in the following example. Abstract what you think is pertinent in Example F3 and
compare with the suggested abstraction on page 135.
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