MEDICAL SCRIBE ABBREVIATIONS PART 1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ABD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abdomen
AP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anterior-posterior (as in chest x-ray view)
Bilat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilateral
BLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilateral lower extremities
BSA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Body surface area
C1-C7 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1st through 7th cervical vertebrae
CN II-XII - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cranial nerves 2-12
EENT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Eyes, ears, nose, throat
HEENT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
L - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left
LLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left lower extremity
LLQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left lower quadrant
LUE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper extremity
LUQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper quadrant
, LUL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper
IM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intramuscular
NT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Naso-tracheal
PTX - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pneumothorax
R - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right
RLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower extremity
RLL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower lobe
RLQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower quadrant
RML - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right middle lobe
RUE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right upper extremity
RUQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right upper quadrant
AB - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Abortion
ABG - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Arterial blood gas
AKA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Above the knee amputation
ABD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abdomen
AP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anterior-posterior (as in chest x-ray view)
Bilat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilateral
BLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilateral lower extremities
BSA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Body surface area
C1-C7 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1st through 7th cervical vertebrae
CN II-XII - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cranial nerves 2-12
EENT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Eyes, ears, nose, throat
HEENT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
L - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left
LLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left lower extremity
LLQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left lower quadrant
LUE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper extremity
LUQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper quadrant
, LUL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper
IM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intramuscular
NT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Naso-tracheal
PTX - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pneumothorax
R - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right
RLE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower extremity
RLL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower lobe
RLQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right lower quadrant
RML - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right middle lobe
RUE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right upper extremity
RUQ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Right upper quadrant
AB - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Abortion
ABG - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Arterial blood gas
AKA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Above the knee amputation