Hello! We have a question on coding the following very common acronyms that we see in the medical story:<div><br></div><div>CT</div><div>MRI</div><div>IV</div><div>ER</div><div><br></div><div>In the manual, it says:</div><div><br></div><div><div>8.6.3 Capitalization and Acronyms The MOR program depends on capitalization of the first letter to identify a word as a proper noun. Earlier versions of CHAT only allowed capital letters at the beginnings of words. This meant that transcribers had to write acronyms suc as FBI as F_B_I. However, that restriction has now been lifted and writing FBI is now correct. Other examples include MIT, CMU, USA, MTV, ET, and IU. More complicated acronyms may require underscores, as in C_three_PO and R_two_D_two. The recommended way of transcribing the common name for television is just tv. This form is not capitalized, since it is not a proper noun. Similarly, we can write cd, vcr, tv, and dvd. The underscore is the best mark for combinations that are not true compounds such as m_and_m-s for the M&M candy. Acronyms that are not actually spelled out when produced in conversation should be written as words. Thus UNESCO would be written as Unesco. The capitalization of the first letter is used to indicate the fact that it is is a proper noun. There must be no periods inside acronyms and titles, because these can be confused with utterance delimiters.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Are we thinking correctly that it should be:</div><div><br></div><div>i_v</div><div>m_r_i</div><div>c_t</div><div>e_r</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div>
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