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# |
Fracture |
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& |
Ampersand |
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1o |
Primary |
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2 |
Secondary to |
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5Ds |
Dizziness, diplopia, drop attacks, dysorthria, dysphagia |
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9HPT |
Nine hole peg test |
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? |
Query |
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@ |
at |
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A&A |
Aids and Appliances |
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A&E |
Accident & Emergency |
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A.Fib |
Atrial fibrillation |
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A.Flutter |
Atrial flutter |
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a.m |
Morning before twelve |
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A2HA |
American Association of Hospital Accountants |
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AAA |
American Automobile Association |
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AAA |
abdominal aortic aneurysm |
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AABB |
American Association of Blood Banks |
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AABH |
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare |
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AACG |
Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma |
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aacn |
American Association of Colleges of Nursing's |
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AACN |
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
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AACR |
American Association for Cancer Research |
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AADA |
Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application |
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AAF |
Aplastic Anemia Foundation |
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AAFES |
Army & Air Force Exchange Services |
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AAFP |
American Academy of Family Physicians |
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AAH |
Alliance for Alternatives in Healthcare |
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AAHA |
American Association of Homes for the Aging |
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AAHC |
Almondumah Almowahadah Health Care |
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AAHP |
American Association of Health Plans |
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AAHSA |
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging |
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AAKP |
American Association of Kidney Patients |
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AAMC |
American Association of Medical Colleges |
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AAN |
American Academy of Nursing |
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AANP |
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners |
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AAO |
American Academy of Ophthalmology |
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AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
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AAPC |
American Association of Professional Coders |
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AAPCC |
American Association of Poison Control Centers |
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AAPCC |
Adjusted Average per Capita Cost |
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AAPD |
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry |
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AAPHR |
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights |
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AARP |
American Association of Retired Persons |
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AB |
Apnoea/Bradycardia |
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ABC |
airway, breathing, circulation |
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abd |
abdominal |
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ABD |
Aged, Blind & Disabled |
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ABG |
Arterial Blood Gas "Sats" |
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ABH |
Association of Behavioral Healthcare |
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ABI |
Ankle/Brachial Index |
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ABN |
Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
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ABO |
Allergic broncho pulmonary |
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abpa |
asthmatic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
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ABPA |
Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis |
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ABPANC |
American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc. |
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ABPI |
Ankle brachial pulse index |
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ABR |
American Board of Radiology |
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ABS |
Alkyl BenzeneSulfonate |
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ABS |
Annual Beneficiary Summary |
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AC |
Actual Charge |
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ACA |
Amputee Coalition of America |
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ACBT |
Active Cycle of Breathing Technique |
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ACC |
American College of Cardiology |
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ACEI |
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor |
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ACEP |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
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ACF |
Administration for Children and Families |
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ACGIH |
American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists |
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ACh |
American College of Healthcare |
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ACH |
After coming head |
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ACHA |
American College of Healthcare Architects |
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ACHE |
American College of Healthcare Executives |
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ACJ |
Acromioclavicular Joint |
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ACL |
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries) |
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ACNP |
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
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ACNP-C |
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Certified |
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ACOG |
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
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ACP |
American College of Physicians |
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ACPV |
Average Cost Per Visit |
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ACR |
Adjusted Community Rate |
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ACR |
American College of Radiology |
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ACRP |
Adjusted Community Rate Proposal |
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ACS |
Accredited Standards Committee |
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ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
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ACS |
American Cancer Society |
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ACS |
Acute Coronary Syndrome |
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ACSI |
American Customer Satisfaction Index |
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ACT |
Airway Clearance Technique |
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ACTG |
AIDS Clinical Trials Group |
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ACYF |
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families |
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AD |
Alzheimer's Disease |
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AD |
Admitting Diagnosis |
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Ad lib |
As much as desired |
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ADA |
American Dental Association |
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ADAMHA |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (now SAMHSA) |
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ADAP |
AIDS Drug Assistance Program |
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ADC |
Adult Day Care |
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ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
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ADG |
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group |
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ADG-HOSDOM |
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group Hospital Dominant |
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ADH |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity |
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ADHA |
American Dental & Hygienists Association |
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ADL |
activity of daily living |
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ADM |
Admission |
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ADM |
Advanced Diabetes Management |
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ADMC |
Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage |
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ADMS |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services |
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ADOM/N |
Assistant Director of Midwifery/Nursing |
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ADP |
Alternative Disposition Plan |
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ADP |
Advance Planning Document |
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ADR |
Automated Desk Review |
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ADT |
Admission/Discharge Transfer |
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AE |
Air Entry |
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AEDF |
Absent End Diastolic Flow |
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AET |
Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia |
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af |
Artificial feed |
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AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependant Children |
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AFEHCT |
American Federation of Electronic Health Care Transactions |
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AFHC |
Archer Family Health Care |
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AFHHA |
American Federation of Home Health Agencies |
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AFO |
Ankle-Foot Orthosis |
|
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AFR |
Average Flow Rate |
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|
AFV |
Amniotic Fluid Volume |
|
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AG |
abdominal girth |
|
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AGA |
Appropriate Gestational Age |
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AGI |
Alan Guttmacher Institute |
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AGPAM |
American Guild of Patient Account Managers |
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AHA |
American Heart Association |
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AHA |
American Hospital Association |
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AHC |
Austrian Health Care |
|
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AHCA |
American Health Care Association |
|
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ahcp |
American Health Care Professionals |
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AHCP |
Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals |
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ahcp |
America's Health Care Plans |
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AHFSA |
Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies |
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AHIMA |
American Health Information Management Association |
|
|
AHP |
Accountable Health Partnership |
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AHP |
Accountable Health Plan |
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AHP |
Alternative Health Plans |
|
|
AHPA |
American Health Planning Association |
|
|
AHRMM |
Association for Healthcare Resource Materials Management |
|
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AHS |
Amn Healthcare Services |
|
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AI |
Aortic Incompetence |
|
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AICC |
Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex |
|
|
AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV) |
|
|
AIH |
Assistance in Healthcare |
|
|
AIIS |
Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine |
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AK |
Above Knee |
|
|
AKA |
Above Knee Amputation (orthopaedic Usage) |
|
|
AKF |
American Kidney Fund |
|
|
AKI |
Acute Kidney Injury |
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Alb |
Albumin |
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|
ALBN |
Amount of Last Billing Notice |
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ALC |
Alternate Level of Care |
|
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ALFA |
Assisted Living Federation of America |
|
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ALIF |
Anterior lumbar intervertebral fusion |
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Alk.Phos |
Alkaline Phosphatase |
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ALL |
Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
|
|
ALOS |
Average Length Of Stay |
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ALR |
Anterior levator resection |
|
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ALS |
Advanced Life Support |
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|
ALT |
Average Length of Treatment |
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ALT |
Alanine Amino Transferase |
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Alt Die |
On alternate days |
|
|
AMA |
Against Medical Advice |
|
|
AMA |
American Medical Association |
|
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AMC |
Academic Medical Center |
|
|
AMCRA |
American Medical Care and Review Association |
|
|
AMCS |
Automated Medical Coding System |
|
|
AMHPS |
Association of Minority Health Professional Schools |
|
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AMI |
acute myocardial infarction |
|
|
AMIA |
The American Medical Informatics Association |
|
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AML |
Acute Myeloid leukaemia |
|
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AMP |
Advanced Midwife Practitioner |
|
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AMRA |
American Medical Records Association |
|
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AN |
Account Number |
|
|
ANA |
Antinuclear Antibody |
|
|
ANA |
American Nurses Association |
|
|
ANA |
Administration for Native Americans |
|
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Anaes |
Anaesthetic |
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ANCHR |
Access to the NCH Repository |
|
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AND |
Adverse neural dynamics |
|
|
ANDA |
Abbreviated New Drug Application (for a generic drug) |
|
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ANNA |
American Nephrology Nurses' Association |
|
|
ANP |
Adult Nurse Practitioner |
|
|
ANP |
Advanced Nurse Practitioner |
|
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ANT |
Anterior |
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Ant.Lat |
Anterolateral |
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Ant.Tibs |
Anterior tibialis |
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Anti-DVT |
Anti deep venous thrombosis |
|
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AO |
Aorta |
|
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Ao.arch |
Aortic arch |
|
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Ao.root |
Aortic root |
|
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Ao.valve |
Aortic valve |
|
|
AOA |
American Optometric Association |
|
|
AOA |
American Osteopathic Association |
|
|
AONE |
American Organization of Nurse Executives |
|
|
AOPA |
Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association Inc. |
|
|
AORN |
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses |
|
|
AP |
Antero-Posterior |
|
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AP2 |
Apical 2 chamber |
|
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AP4 |
Apical 4 chamber |
|
|
APA |
American Psychiatric Association |
|
|
APA |
American Pharmaceutical Association |
|
|
APACHE |
Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation |
|
|
APC |
Ambulatory Payment Class |
|
|
APD |
Advanced Planning Documents |
|
|
APD |
Automated Peritoneal Dialysis |
|
|
APG |
Ambulatory Payment Group |
|
|
APG |
Ambulatory Patient Group |
|
|
APH |
Ante Partum Haemorrhage |
|
|
APHA |
American Public Health Association |
|
|
APHP |
Acute Partial Hospitalization Program |
|
|
APHP |
Applied as Hospital Insurance Premiums |
|
|
APHSA |
American Public Human Services Association |
|
|
APM |
Admission Pattern Monitoring |
|
|
APMA |
American Podiatric Medical Association |
|
|
APME |
Advisory Panel on Medicare Education |
|
|
APPT |
Appointment |
|
|
APR-DRG |
all payer refined - diagnosis related groups |
|
|
APRN |
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse |
|
|
APRS |
Aspiration-penetration rating scale |
|
|
APS |
Attending Physician Statement |
|
|
APS |
Acute Physiology Score |
|
|
APS |
Approved Provider Standard |
|
|
APTD |
Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled |
|
|
aPTT |
activated partial thromboplastin |
|
|
APTTR |
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Ratio |
|
|
AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
|
|
AR |
Aortic Regurgitation |
|
|
ARC |
American Red Cross |
|
|
ARDS |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
|
|
ARF |
Acute Renal Failure |
|
|
ARM |
Artificial Rupture of Membranes |
|
|
ARMD |
Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
|
|
AROM |
Active Range Of Motion |
|
|
arom |
Active Range of Movement |
|
|
AS |
American Samoa |
|
|
AS |
Aortic Stenosis |
|
|
ASA |
American Society of Anaesthesiologists |
|
|
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) |
|
|
ASC |
Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center |
|
|
Asc.Ao. |
Ascending aorta |
|
|
asco |
American Society of Clinical Oncology's |
|
|
ASCP |
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists |
|
|
ASCPT |
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
|
|
ASD |
Atrial Septal Defect |
|
|
ASH |
Assistant Secretary for Health |
|
|
ASHP |
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists |
|
|
ASHRM |
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management |
|
|
ASIM |
American Society of Internal Medicine |
|
|
ASIS |
Anterior Superior Iliac Spine |
|
|
ASL |
Average Speech Level |
|
|
ASL |
Alternate side-lying |
|
|
ASL |
Ankylosing Spondylitis Lung |
|
|
ASL |
Accreditation Status List |
|
|
ASMT |
American Society for Medical Technology |
|
|
ASO |
An Administrative Services Only |
|
|
ASR |
Atrial Septal Resection |
|
|
asr |
Articular Surface Replacement |
|
|
ASR |
Accreditation Summary Report |
|
|
Ass |
Assistance |
|
|
AST |
Aspartate amino transferase |
|
|
ASTHO |
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
|
|
ASTHO |
Association of State and Territorial Health Offices |
|
|
ASTS |
American Society of Transplant Surgeons |
|
|
ATNR |
Assymetric tonic neck reflex |
|
|
ATRA |
American Therapeutic Recreation Association |
|
|
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry |
|
|
AUC |
Area under the Curve (statistics) |
|
|
AUSC |
Auscultation |
|
|
AUSCT |
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation |
|
|
AVA |
Aortic Valve Area |
|
|
AVB |
Atrioventricular Block |
|
|
AVC Pump |
Anterior venous compression pump |
|
|
AVERT |
AntiVirus Emergency Response Team |
|
|
AVGs |
Ambulatory Visit Groups |
|
|
AVL |
Available |
|
|
AVM |
Arteriovenous Malformation |
|
|
AVNRT |
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia |
|
|
AVR |
Aortic Valve Replacement |
|
|
AVSD |
Atrioventricular Septal Defect |
|
|
AWCH |
Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare |
|
|
awha |
Academy Women's Healthcare Associates |
|
|
Ax |
assessment |
|
|
AZT |
azidothymidine |
|
|
b.d |
Twice daily |
|
|
b.i.d |
Twice daily |
|
|
BA |
Barium |
|
|
Ba.Enema |
Barium enema |
|
|
Ba.Meal |
Barium meal |
|
|
Ba.Swallow |
barium swallow |
|
|
BAC |
Beneficiary Advisory Committee |
|
|
BACOM |
Beneficiary Annotation & Communication Operation |
|
|
BAHC |
Boscobel Area Health Care |
|
|
BAR |
Beneficiary Adjustment Report |
|
|
BATF |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms |
|
|
BAWO |
Bilateral antral washout |
|
|
BBa |
Born Before Arrival |
|
|
BBA |
Born before admission |
|
|
BBB |
Bundle Branch Block |
|
|
BBRA |
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 |
|
|
BBRA |
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113) |
|
|
BBS |
Berg Balance Scale |
|
|
BC |
Board Certified |
|
|
BC |
Business Continuity |
|
|
BC/BS |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
|
|
BCA |
Board of Contract Appeals |
|
|
BCB |
Beneficiary Confidentiality Board |
|
|
BCBSA |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association |
|
|
BCF |
Benefit Correction Form |
|
|
bcg |
Bacille Calmette-Guerine |
|
|
BCL |
Bandage Contact Lens |
|
|
BDOD |
Beneficiary Date of Death |
|
|
BDP |
Beneficiary Database Prototype |
|
|
BDPC |
Breakthrough Drug Pricing Committee |
|
|
BDPP |
Beneficiary Database Prototype Project |
|
|
BEAM |
Brain Electrical Activity Mapping |
|
|
BEE |
Basal Energy Expenditure |
|
|
BEER |
Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record |
|
|
BEMOC |
Basic Emergency Obstetric Care |
|
|
BENDEX |
Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange System |
|
|
BERT |
Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System |
|
|
BESS |
Part B Extract & Summary System |
|
|
BEST |
Beneficiary Eligibility State Tape |
|
|
BF |
Beneficiary File |
|
|
BF |
Breast feed |
|
|
bg |
blood gases |
|
|
BG |
Blood Glucose |
|
|
BGL |
Blood Glucose Level |
|
|
BGN |
Beneficiary Given Name |
|
|
BHA |
Business Healthcare Association |
|
|
BHCg |
Beta human chorionic gonadotropins |
|
|
BHCS |
Baylor Health Care System |
|
|
bhcu |
Basic Health Care Unit |
|
|
bhe |
Behavioral Healthcare Education |
|
|
BHG |
Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc. |
|
|
BHHC |
Baptist Home Health Care |
|
|
BHI |
Boots Healthcare International |
|
|
BHI |
Behavioral Healthcare Incorporated |
|
|
BHO |
Behavioral Health Organization |
|
|
BHT |
Bucket handle tear |
|
|
BHx |
Birth history |
|
|
BI |
Benefits Integrity |
|
|
Bi Dir |
Bidirectional |
|
|
Bi Dirg |
Bidirectional glenn |
|
|
bia |
Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzers |
|
|
BIBA |
Brought In By Ambulance |
|
|
BIC |
Beneficiary Identification Code |
|
|
BIF |
Benefit Information Form |
|
|
BIF |
Beneficiary Insurance File |
|
|
BIMF |
Beneficiary Inactive Master File |
|
|
BIPA |
Benefits, Improvements & Protection Act of 2000 |
|
|
BiPAP |
Bi-level intermittent positive airway pressure |
|
|
BISC |
Benefit Integrity Support Center |
|
|
BIT |
Beneficiary Inquiries Taskforce |
|
|
BITF |
Beneficiary Implementation Task Force |
|
|
BITS |
Beneficiary Inquiry Tracking System |
|
|
BITS |
Beneficiary Information Tracking System |
|
|
BIW |
Beneficiary Inquiries Workgroup |
|
|
BK |
Below knee (transtibial) |
|
|
BL |
Black Lung |
|
|
BLASER |
Black Lung Automated Search & Edit Routine |
|
|
BLS |
Basic life support |
|
|
BLUES |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield associations |
|
|
BMA |
BioMedical Applications |
|
|
bma |
Bone Marrow Aspirate |
|
|
BMACS |
Part B Medicare Automated Claims Systems |
|
|
BMCHRD |
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development |
|
|
BMI |
Body Mass Index |
|
|
BMR |
Basal Metabolic Rate |
|
|
BMT |
Bone Marrow Transplantation |
|
|
BNA |
borderline nuclear abnormality |
|
|
BNO |
Bowels Not Opened |
|
|
BO |
bowels opened |
|
|
BOAN |
Beneficiarys Own Account Number |
|
|
BOCMIS |
Beneficiary Overpayment Control & Management Information System |
|
|
BOIS |
Beneficiary Online Inquiry System |
|
|
BOME |
Bureau of Medical Examiners |
|
|
BOS |
Base of Support |
|
|
BOSSN |
Beneficiary's Own SSN |
|
|
BP |
Business Partner |
|
|
BP |
Blood Pressure |
|
|
BP |
Benefit Period |
|
|
BPC |
Base Period Charge |
|
|
BPD |
Biparietal Diameter |
|
|
BPM |
Beats Per Minute |
|
|
BPP |
Biophysical Profile |
|
|
BQAS |
Part B Quality Assurance System |
|
|
BRDPI |
Biomedical Research and Development Price Index |
|
|
BRI |
Benefit Rate Increase |
|
|
BRIGHT |
Build Revitalize and Innovate for Greater Healthcare Tomorrow |
|
|
BSA |
Body Surface Area |
|
|
BSHCM |
Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management |
|
|
BSO |
Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy |
|
|
BSR |
Bill Summary Records |
|
|
BSRS |
Benefit Savings Reporting System |
|
|
BSS |
Blood sugar series |
|
|
BSS |
Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey |
|
|
BSS |
Benefit Summary Statistics |
|
|
BT Shunt |
Blalock-Taussig Shunt |
|
|
BTL |
Bilateral Tubal Ligation |
|
|
BUN |
Blood Urea Nitrogen |
|
|
BUPA |
British United Provident Association |
|
|
BUTE |
Beneficiary Database Update Transaction System |
|
|
BX |
Biopsy |
|
|
c |
with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c") |
|
|
C |
Celsius |
|
|
C of E |
Church of England |
|
|
C of I |
Church of Ireland |
|
|
C&C |
Collar and cuff |
|
|
C&S |
Culture and Sensitivity |
|
|
C.diff |
Clostridium difficile |
|
|
C2H5OH |
Alcohol |
|
|
C3F8 |
Perfluoropropane |
|
|
CA |
Carcinoma |
|
|
Ca2 |
Calcium Ion |
|
|
CA2 |
Calcium Dialuminate |
|
|
CABBS |
Carrier Bulletin Board System |
|
|
CABG |
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
|
|
CABLE |
Combined A/B Local Eligibility |
|
|
CABS |
Carrier Access Billing System |
|
|
CABWF |
Combined A/B Working File |
|
|
CAC |
Carrier Advisory Committee |
|
|
CAD |
Coronary Artery Disease |
|
|
CAH |
Critical Access Hospital |
|
|
cahe |
Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives |
|
|
CAHHS |
California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems |
|
|
CAHPS |
Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey |
|
|
CAHSA |
California Association of Home Services for the Aged |
|
|
CalPERS |
California Public Employees' Retirement System |
|
|
CAMP |
Carrier Accountability Monitoring Project |
|
|
CAN |
Claim Account Number |
|
|
CANC |
Combined Antenatal care |
|
|
CANDA |
Computer Assisted New Drug Application |
|
|
CAP |
Community Acquired Pneumonia |
|
|
Cap.Refill |
Capillary refill |
|
|
CAPA |
Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse |
|
|
CAPD |
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis |
|
|
CAPS |
Claims Automated Processing System |
|
|
CAPS |
Capitated Ambulatory Plan |
|
|
CAQH |
Council for Affordable and Quality Healthcare |
|
|
CAQH |
Coalition for Affordable Quality Healthcare |
|
|
CAR |
Corrective Action Review |
|
|
CARE |
Center for Analytical Review and Education |
|
|
CARF |
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
|
|
CARRPR |
Carrier Payment Record |
|
|
CASE |
Computer Assisted Systems Engineering |
|
|
CASF |
Carrier Alphabetic State File |
|
|
CASPRO |
Clinical Area Support PRO |
|
|
CAST |
Carrier Alpha State Tape |
|
|
CAST |
Carrier Alpha State Microfilm System |
|
|
CAVD |
Complete atrioventricular block |
|
|
CB |
Consolidated Billing |
|
|
CB |
Cost Benefit |
|
|
CBA |
Cost/Benefit Analysis |
|
|
CBC |
Capillary blood count |
|
|
CBD |
Common Bile Duct |
|
|
CBR |
Cost Based Reimbursement |
|
|
CBS |
Current Beneficiary Survey |
|
|
CBSR |
Cost Benefit Savings Report |
|
|
CBSS |
Customer Billing Services System |
|
|
CBT |
cognitive behaviour therapy |
|
|
CC |
Condition Code |
|
|
cc |
Copied to |
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|
CC |
Claims Control |
|
|
CCA |
Catastrophic Coverage Act |
|
|
CCA |
Child Care Association |
|
|
CCDC |
Consultants in Communicable Disease Control |
|
|
CCF |
Congestive Cardiac Failure |
|
|
CCHCC |
Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care |
|
|
CCHP |
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers |
|
|
CCLR |
Claims Collection Litigation Report |
|
|
CCN |
Correspondence Control Number |
|
|
CCN |
Carrier Control Number |
|
|
CCN |
Claim Control Number |
|
|
CCO |
Claims Collection Officer |
|
|
CCP |
Coordinated Care Plans |
|
|
CCP |
Comprehensive Care Provider |
|
|
CCPD |
continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis |
|
|
ccrc |
Continuing Care Retirement Community's |
|
|
CCRC |
Continuum of Care Residential Center |
|
|
CCRN |
Critical Care Registered Nurse |
|
|
CCS |
Community Care Setting |
|
|
CCT |
Controlled Cord Traction |
|
|
CCU |
Coronary Care Unit |
|
|
CCU |
Cost Containment Unit |
|
|
CD |
Catheter draining |
|
|
CDAD |
Clostridium difficile-associated disease |
|
|
CDB |
Correspondence Database System |
|
|
CDC |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
|
|
CDC |
Cardiac Diagnostic Center |
|
|
CDE |
Certified Diabetic Educator |
|
|
CDI |
Catastrophic Drug Insurance |
|
|
CDM |
Charge Description Master |
|
|
CDOC |
Covered Days of Care |
|
|
CDR |
Continuing Disability Review |
|
|
CDRG |
Children's Diagnosis Related Groups |
|
|
CDT |
Current Dental Terminology |
|
|
CE |
Covered Entity |
|
|
CE-DAT |
Complex Emergency Database |
|
|
CEA |
Carotid Endarterectomy |
|
|
CED |
Committee for Employees with Disabilities |
|
|
CELIP |
Claim Expansion and Line Item Processing |
|
|
CEmOC |
Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care |
|
|
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
CERTS |
Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics |
|
|
CES |
Credential Evaluation Service |
|
|
CF |
Cystic Fibrosis |
|
|
CFAM |
Cerebral function amplitude |
|
|
CFHCS |
Center for Health Care Services |
|
|
CFM |
Cerebral Function Monitoring technique |
|
|
CgA |
Contact guard assistance |
|
|
CHA |
Catholic Health Association |
|
|
CHAI |
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspections |
|
|
CHAIN |
Chain Provider Director System |
|
|
CHAMPUS |
Civilian Health & Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services |
|
|
CHAMPUS |
(U.S.) Civilian Health And Medical Program Of The Uniformed Services |
|
|
CHAMPVA |
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Veterans Administration |
|
|
CHAP |
Community Health Accreditation Program |
|
|
CHAP |
Child Health Assurance Program |
|
|
CHAPS |
Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey |
|
|
CHB |
Complete Heart Block |
|
|
CHBI |
Commission on Health Benefits and Integration |
|
|
CHC |
Continuous Home Care |
|
|
CHC |
Community Health Center |
|
|
CHC |
Certified in Healthcare Compliance |
|
|
CHC |
Comprehensive Health Center |
|
|
CHC |
Centre for Health Care |
|
|
chc |
Certified Healthcare Constructor |
|
|
CHCC |
Christian Health Care Center |
|
|
CHCC |
Center for Hospital & Community Care |
|
|
CHCE |
Center for Health Care Evaluation |
|
|
CHCE |
Center on Health Care Effectiveness |
|
|
CHCE |
Center for Health Care Ethics |
|
|
CHCL |
Center for Health Care Law |
|
|
CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
|
|
CHDR |
Center for Health Dispute Resolution |
|
|
Chemo |
ChemoTherapy |
|
|
CHER |
Center of Health Economics Research |
|
|
CHFP |
Certified Healthcare Financial Professional |
|
|
CHHA |
Certified Home Health Agency |
|
|
CHHC |
Continuous Home Health Care |
|
|
CHI |
Catastrophic Health Insurance |
|
|
CHI |
California Healthcare Institute |
|
|
CHICN |
HI Enrollment Cards Operation |
|
|
CHICO |
Combined Health Insurance and Checkwriting Operations |
|
|
CHIM |
Center for Healthcare Information Management |
|
|
CHIME |
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives |
|
|
CHIP |
Child Health Insurance Program |
|
|
CHM |
Christian Healthcare Ministries |
|
|
CHMSA |
Critical Health Manpower Shortage Area |
|
|
CHN |
Community Healthcare Network |
|
|
CHN |
Community Health Network |
|
|
CHO |
Carbohydrate |
|
|
CHO |
Community Health Organization |
|
|
Chol |
Cholesterol |
|
|
CHPC |
Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance |
|
|
CHR |
Complete Healthcare Retrofitting |
|
|
CHRT |
Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation |
|
|
CHTS |
Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist |
|
|
CI |
Catastrophic Indicator |
|
|
CIADV |
Carrier/Intermediary Advance Notice |
|
|
CIH |
Center for Integrated Healthcare |
|
|
CIM |
Coverage Issues Manual |
|
|
CIN |
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
|
|
cIP |
Claims in Process |
|
|
CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
|
|
CJRAT |
Cubin Jackson risk assessment tool |
|
|
CK |
Creatine Kinase |
|
|
CkMB |
Creatine kinase isoenzyme |
|
|
CL |
Chloride |
|
|
CLAS |
Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate Services |
|
|
CLD |
Chronic Lung Disease |
|
|
CLFS |
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule |
|
|
CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act |
|
|
CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Interstate Act |
|
|
CLL |
Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia |
|
|
CLMA |
Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
|
|
CLO |
Campbylobacter like organism |
|
|
CLOE |
Claims Only Entry System |
|
|
CLT |
Certified Lab Technician |
|
|
CM |
Clinical Modification |
|
|
Cm |
Centimetre |
|
|
CMCJ |
Carpal metacarpal joint |
|
|
CMD |
Carrier Medical Director |
|
|
CMD |
Contractor Medical Directors |
|
|
cmh |
Citizens Memorial Healthcare |
|
|
CMHC |
Community Mental Health Center |
|
|
CMHS |
Continuous Medical History Sample |
|
|
CMM |
Capability Maturity Model |
|
|
CMM |
Clinical Midwife Manager |
|
|
CMN |
Certified Medical Necessity |
|
|
CMP |
Chondromalacia pattellae |
|
|
CMP |
Comprehensive Medical Plan |
|
|
CMP |
Competitive Medical Plan |
|
|
CMR |
Comprehensive Medical Review |
|
|
CMRI |
California Medical Review, Inc. |
|
|
CMS |
Correctional Medical Services |
|
|
CMSp |
Clinical Midwife Specialist |
|
|
CMSS |
Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
|
|
CMV |
Cytomegalovirus |
|
|
CN |
Claim Number |
|
|
CNACO |
Community Nursing & Ambulatory Care Organization |
|
|
CNH |
community nursing home |
|
|
CNHC |
Coalition For Nonprofit Health Care |
|
|
CNM |
Clinical Nurse Manager |
|
|
CNP |
Certified Nurse Practitioner |
|
|
CNPB |
Clean NonPIP Bills |
|
|
CNS |
Central Nervous System |
|
|
CNSp |
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
|
|
CO |
Complaining of |
|
|
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
|
|
COA |
Coarctation of the Aorta |
|
|
COA |
Change of Address |
|
|
Coag.Screen |
Coagulation screen |
|
|
Cob |
close of business (End of duty day) |
|
|
COB |
Coordination of benefits |
|
|
COBA |
Coordination of Benefits Agreement |
|
|
COBC |
Coordination of Benefits Contractor |
|
|
COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 |
|
|
COD |
Change Of Dressing |
|
|
COF |
Carrier Option File |
|
|
COI |
Change of Intermediaries |
|
|
COLD |
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease |
|
|
conc |
concentrate |
|
|
Cons |
Consultant |
|
|
Cont'd |
Continued |
|
|
COP |
Conditions of Participation |
|
|
COP |
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia |
|
|
COPC |
Community-Oriented Primary Care |
|
|
COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
|
|
CORC |
Carrier of Record Control |
|
|
CORF |
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
|
|
CORS |
Coronary Angiogram |
|
|
CORTS |
Calculation of Overpayment Recovery Timeliness System |
|
|
COT |
Chain of Trust |
|
|
COTR |
Contract Officer's Technical Representative |
|
|
CP |
Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey |
|
|
CP |
Claims Processing |
|
|
CPA |
Cost Plus Award |
|
|
CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee (Type of Contract) |
|
|
CPAP |
Common Provider Audit Program |
|
|
CPAP |
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
|
|
CPAS |
Claims Processing Assessment System |
|
|
CPC |
Clinical Placement CoOrdinator |
|
|
CPD |
Competitive Pricing Demonstration |
|
|
CPD |
Cost Per Discharge |
|
|
cpd |
Cephalic Pelvic Disproportion |
|
|
CPDA |
Current Premium Due Amount |
|
|
CPDAH |
CPDA Hospital Insurance |
|
|
CPFA |
Cost Plus Fee Award |
|
|
CPFF |
Cost Plus Fixed-Fee |
|
|
CPHA |
Commission on Professional Hospital Activities |
|
|
CPHRM |
Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management |
|
|
CPHT |
Clinical Partnerships in Healthcare Transformation |
|
|
CPK |
Creatine Phosphokinase |
|
|
CPM |
Contractor Performance Management |
|
|
CPM |
Clinical Performance Measure |
|
|
cpm |
Committee on Performance Measurement |
|
|
cpm |
Chronic progressive myelopathy |
|
|
CPM |
continuous passive movement |
|
|
CPM |
Claims Processing Manual |
|
|
CPM/EIS |
Contractor Performance Management / Enterprise Information System |
|
|
CPO |
Care Plan Oversight |
|
|
CPPC |
Cost Plus Percentage-of-Cost |
|
|
CPQC |
Claims Processing Quality Control |
|
|
CPR |
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation |
|
|
CPR |
Computerized Patient Record |
|
|
CPR |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
|
|
CPR |
Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable |
|
|
CPRI |
Computer-based Patient Record Institute |
|
|
CPS |
Critical Payment System |
|
|
CPSC |
Consumer Products Safety Commission |
|
|
CPT |
Cost Per Treatment |
|
|
CPT |
Claims Processing Timeliness |
|
|
CPT |
Current Procedural Terminology |
|
|
CPT |
Common Procedural Terminology |
|
|
CPT-4 |
Current Procedural Terminology, Forth edition |
|
|
CPT-4 |
current procedural terminology, version 4 |
|
|
CPV |
Cost Per Visit |
|
|
CQAS |
Carrier Quality Assurance System |
|
|
CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
|
|
CQMR |
Carrier Quarterly Medical Review |
|
|
CR |
Continuing Resolution |
|
|
CRB |
Change Review Board |
|
|
CRC |
Central Remedial Clinic |
|
|
CRCL |
Creatinine Clearance |
|
|
CRD |
Chronic Renal Disease |
|
|
CREST |
CREST syndrome |
|
|
CRF |
Chronic Renal Failure |
|
|
CRG |
Carrier Representative Group |
|
|
CRLE |
Cost Reimbursement Level of Effort |
|
|
CRNA |
Certified registered nurse anesthetist |
|
|
CRNP |
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner |
|
|
CRP |
Cold Reactive Protein |
|
|
CRRT |
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy |
|
|
CS |
Claims Services |
|
|
CS |
Caesarean Section |
|
|
CS |
Covered Services |
|
|
CSAP |
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention |
|
|
CSE |
combined spinal epidural anaesthesia |
|
|
CSF |
Cerebrospinal Fluid |
|
|
CSII |
Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion |
|
|
CSOM |
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media |
|
|
CSpine |
Cervical spine |
|
|
CSTE |
Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists |
|
|
CSTP |
Carrier System Testing Project |
|
|
csu |
collection of catheter specimen of urine |
|
|
CT |
computerised tomography |
|
|
CTA |
Clear To Auscultation (medical; lungs) |
|
|
CTC |
Certified Transplant Center |
|
|
CTEV |
Congenital talipes equina varus |
|
|
CTG |
Cardiotocograph |
|
|
CTR |
Carpel tunnel release |
|
|
CTS |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
|
|
CTSS |
Closed Tracheal Suction System |
|
|
CU |
Copper (Latin Cuprum) |
|
|
CV |
Cardiovascular |
|
|
CVA |
Cerebrovascular Accident |
|
|
CVAD |
central venous access device |
|
|
CVC |
Central Venous Catheter |
|
|
CVL |
Central Venous Line |
|
|
CVP |
Central Venous Pressure |
|
|
CVS |
Cardiovascular System |
|
|
CVVH |
Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration |
|
|
CVVHDF |
continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration |
|
|
CWCT |
Continue With Current Treatment |
|
|
CWF |
Common Working File |
|
|
CWF/MSP |
Common Working File / Medicare Secondary Payer |
|
|
CWFA |
Common Working File Part A |
|
|
CWFB |
Common Working File Part B |
|
|
CWFDOCO |
Common Working File Documentation File |
|
|
CWFHPEP |
Common Working File Host Performance Evaluation Program |
|
|
CWFINFOBASE |
Common Working File Information Database |
|
|
CWFM |
Common Working File Maintenance |
|
|
CWFM/IV&V |
Common Working File Maintenance / Independent Verification & Validation |
|
|
CWFMC |
Common Working File Maintenance Contractor |
|
|
CWFMQA |
CWF Medicare Quality Assurance System |
|
|
CWFQAS |
Common Working File Quality Assurance System |
|
|
CWMS |
Colour, warmth, movement, sensation |
|
|
CWO |
Community Welfare Officer |
|
|
CX |
Cervix |
|
|
CXR |
Chest X-Ray |
|
|
D&C |
Dilatation and Curettage |
|
|
d&v |
Diarrhoea and Vomiting |
|
|
DA&A |
Drug Addiction and Alcoholism |
|
|
DAP |
DMERC Advisory Panel |
|
|
DASMB |
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget |
|
|
DAWN |
(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network |
|
|
DBE |
Deep breathing exercises |
|
|
DBPS |
Drug Bill Processors |
|
|
DC |
Discharge |
|
|
DC |
Diagnostic Code |
|
|
DCF |
Dually Certified Facility |
|
|
DCHD |
Duval County Health Department |
|
|
DCIS |
Ductal Carcinoma In Situ |
|
|
DCP |
Department of Carrier Procedures |
|
|
DCR |
Dacryocystorhinostomy |
|
|
DD |
Developmental Disability |
|
|
DDE |
Direct Data Entry |
|
|
DDH |
developmental dysplasia of the hip joint |
|
|
DDR |
Discharge During Referral |
|
|
DDS |
Disability Determination Services |
|
|
DDX |
Differential Diagnosis |
|
|
DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice) |
|
|
DEASk |
Descemet's stripping endothelial automated keratoplasty |
|
|
DECC |
Dental Content Committee |
|
|
Defib |
Defibrillation |
|
|
Dept |
Department |
|
|
Desc.Ao |
Descending aorta |
|
|
DESI |
Drug Efficacy Study & Implementation Program |
|
|
DEXA |
dual energy x-ray absortiometry |
|
|
DF |
dorsiflexion |
|
|
DFLSD |
Death File Limiting State Death |
|
|
DFSRH |
Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare |
|
|
DHH |
Department of Health and Hospitals |
|
|
DHHSAA |
DHHS Audit Agency |
|
|
DHMS |
Defense Healthcare Management Systems |
|
|
DHPC |
Direct Healthcare Professional Communication |
|
|
DHS |
Dynamic Hip Screw |
|
|
DHWHIM |
Daily Health Insurance Master Health Insurance Merge |
|
|
DHx |
Diet history |
|
|
DI |
Disability Insurance |
|
|
DI |
Detrusor Instability |
|
|
DIB |
Disability Insurance Beneficiary |
|
|
DIC |
disseminated intravascular coagulation |
|
|
DICOM |
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
|
|
DILV |
Double Inlet Left Ventricle |
|
|
DIPJ |
Distal Interphalangeal Joint |
|
|
Dis |
Disabled |
|
|
DISA |
Data Interchange Standards Association |
|
|
DISP |
Displacement |
|
|
DKA |
Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
|
|
DKH |
Day Kimball Healthcare (Putnam, CT) |
|
|
DL |
direct laryngoscopy |
|
|
DLBCL |
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
|
|
DM |
Diabetis Mellitus |
|
|
DM |
Diabetes mellitus |
|
|
DM&S |
Department of Medicine & Surgery |
|
|
DME |
Director of Medical Education |
|
|
DME |
Durable Medical Equipment |
|
|
DMEFS |
Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule |
|
|
DMEPOS |
Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics And Supplies |
|
|
DMEPOS |
Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetic, Orthotics & Supplies |
|
|
DMERC |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier |
|
|
DNA |
Did Not Attend |
|
|
DNVHC |
Det Norske Veritas for Health Care |
|
|
DO |
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine |
|
|
DOA |
dead on arrival |
|
|
DOB |
Date Of Birth |
|
|
DOC |
Days of Care |
|
|
DOD |
Date Of Death |
|
|
DOE |
Date Of Entitlement |
|
|
DOE |
Dyspnoea on Exertion |
|
|
DOEH |
Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance |
|
|
DOES |
Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance |
|
|
DOM |
Developmental Office Minicomputer |
|
|
DOM/N |
Director of Midwifery/Nursing |
|
|
DOPHN |
Director of Public Health Nursing |
|
|
DORV |
Double Outlet Right Ventricle |
|
|
DOS |
Date of Service |
|
|
DOSS |
Dysphagia outcome severity scale |
|
|
DOTH |
Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance |
|
|
DOTS |
Date of Termination of Supplementary Medical Insurance |
|
|
DP |
Disability Pension |
|
|
DPM |
Drops per Minute |
|
|
DPNS |
Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation |
|
|
DQC |
Data Quality Committee |
|
|
DQSC |
Data Quality Steering Committee |
|
|
DR |
Doctor |
|
|
DR |
Doctor Robert (Beatles song) |
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|
DRG |
Diagnosis-Related Groups |
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DRG |
Diagnosis Related Group |
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DRI |
Drug Rebate Initiative |
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DrNP |
Doctor of Nursing Practice |
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drvs |
Dietary Reference Values |
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DSH |
Deliberate Self-Harm |
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DSHS |
Distance Spanning Healthcare Systems |
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DSTU |
Draft Standard for Trial Use |
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DTs |
Delerium tremens |
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DUA |
Data Use Agreement |
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DUH |
Drive for Universal Healthcare |
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DUR |
Drug Utilization Review |
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DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
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DVAAP |
Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program |
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DVT |
Deep Vein Thrombosis |
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DW |
Discussed with |
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DWA |
Disabled Working Aged |
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DWB |
Disabled Widow's Benefits |
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DWI |
Disabled & Working Individual |
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DX |
Diagnosis |
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DXGROUP |
Diagnosis Group |
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E.coli |
Escherichia coli |
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E.g |
For example |
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EA |
Elective admission |
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EA |
Emergency Assistance |
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EAB |
Enumeration at Birth |
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EAC |
External Auditory Canal |
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EACH |
essential access community hospital |
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EAL |
Evaluation Assurance Level |
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EB |
ESRD Bene |
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EBL |
Estimated Blood Loss |
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EBM |
Expressed Breast Milk |
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ECCH |
East Coast Community Healthcare |
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ECF |
Extended Care Facility |
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ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
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Echo |
Echocardiogram |
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ECHO |
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes |
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ECLS |
Extracorporeal Life Support |
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ECMO |
Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
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ECP |
Electronic Claims Processing System |
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ECP |
External Counterpulsation |
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ECRD |
Early Complaint Resolution Process |
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ECS |
Extended Care Services |
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ECT |
ElectroConvulsive Therapy |
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ECTI |
Electronic Claims Transaction Initiative |
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ECV |
External Cephalic Version |
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ED |
Electronic Commerce |
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ED |
Emergency Department |
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EDB |
Enrollment Database |
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EDBCCB |
EDB Change Control Board |
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EDBCRP |
EDB Common Rules Processor |
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EDBFPS |
EDB Five Percent Sample |
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EDBO |
EDB Online |
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EDBOTP |
EDB OnLine Transaction Processing |
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EDBP |
Enrollment Database PRISM |
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EDBS |
Enrollment and Direct Billing System |
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EDBTP |
EDB Transaction Processors |
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EDBUPT |
EDB Online Update Facility |
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EDBW |
EDB Workbench |
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EDD |
estimated date of delivery |
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EDEES |
ESRD Data Entry and Editing System |
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EDF |
Execution Diagnostic Facility |
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EDG |
Emergency Department Group |
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
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EDIPAC |
Electronic Data Interchange / Payment & Collection |
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EDPO |
EDB Printout |
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EEG |
Electro-EncephaloGram |
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EER |
Estimated Energy Requirement |
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EF |
Ejection Fraction |
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EFA |
low-essential fatty acids |
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EFC |
Exclusions From Coverage |
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EFM |
electronic fetal monitoring, cardiotocography |
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EFTS |
Electronic File Transfer System |
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EFW |
Estimated Fetal Weight |
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EGA |
Estimated Gestational Age |
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EGHP |
Employer Group Health Plan |
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EH |
Emergency Hospital |
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EHBA |
Employee Healthcare Benefits Associate |
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EHC |
Effective Health Care |
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EHL |
Extensor Hallucis Longus |
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EHNAC |
Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission |
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EIB |
Employer Insured Beneficiary |
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EIH |
Excellence and Innovation in Healthcare |
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EIN |
Employer Identification Number |
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EL |
Endo laser |
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EM |
Enrollment Module |
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EMB |
Eligible Medicare Beneficiary |
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EMBER |
Edit for Multiple Bene Entitlement Records |
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EMEVS |
Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System |
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|
EMIA |
Educators Mutual Insurance Association |
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EMRSS |
Electronic Medical Record Storage Systems |
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EMS |
Elderly Mobility Scale |
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EMSS |
Emergency Medical Service System |
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EMT |
Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians) |
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EMTALA |
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act |
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|
EMTF |
Emergency Medical Technician |
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|
EMU |
Early Morning Urine |
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EN |
Enteral Nutrition |
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ENC |
enclosed |
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ENP |
Emergency Nurse Practitioner |
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ENROLL |
Enrollment |
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ENT |
Ear nose and throat |
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ENTMRG |
Prior Entitlement Merge |
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ENTRAP |
ENrollment TRAnsaction Processors |
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EOB |
Explanation Of Benefits |
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EOC |
Episode of Care |
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EOIS |
Enrollment Online Inquiry System |
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EOM |
External ocular movements |
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|
EOMB |
explanation of medical benefits |
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EOR |
End of Range |
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|
EOS |
Eosinophil |
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EP |
Enrollment Period |
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EP STUDIES |
Electrophysiological Studies |
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EPAU |
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit |
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EPC |
Emergency Protection Coordinators |
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|
EPC |
Evidence-based Practice Center |
|
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EPESE |
Established Populations for Epidemic Logic Studies for the Elderly |
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EPHI |
Electronic Protected Healthcare Information |
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epl |
Extensor Pollicus Longus |
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EPO |
Epidemiology Program Office |
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EPO |
Exclusive Provider Organization |
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EPS |
electrophysiology studies |
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|
EPSDT |
Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment Program |
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ERCP |
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography Procedures |
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|
ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income and Security Act |
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ERNIE |
EDB Enrollment Retrieval New Interactive Edit System |
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ERot |
External rotation |
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ERPC |
Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception |
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ES |
Emergency Service |
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|
ESCH |
East Sussex County Healthcare |
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|
ESKD |
End Stage Kidney Disease |
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ESR |
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |
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|
ESRD PMMIS |
ESRD Program Management & Medical Information System |
|
|
ESRDBF |
EndStage Renal Disease Beneficiary File |
|
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EST |
Exercise Stress Test |
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Est.Req |
Estimated requirements |
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|
ESWL |
External Shock Wave Lithotripsy |
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ET |
Endotracheal |
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Etc |
Etcetra |
|
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ETCO2 |
end-tidal CO2 |
|
|
EUA |
Examination Under Anaesthetic |
|
|
EUM |
Examination under Microscope |
|
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Ev |
eversion |
|
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EVAR |
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair |
|
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EVLT |
endovenous laser therapy |
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EVS |
Eligibility Verification System |
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Ex Prem |
Ex premature |
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Exs |
Exercises |
|
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EXT |
Extension File |
|
|
EXT |
Extension Shelf |
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f&a |
Fraud & Abuse |
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FA |
Fetal anomaly |
|
|
FA |
Field Audit |
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FAAN |
Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing |
|
|
FAANP |
Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners |
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FAC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Center |
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FAC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Care |
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FACCT |
Foundation for Accountability |
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FACHE |
Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives |
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FAD |
Focus to axis distance |
|
|
FAH |
Federation of American Hospitals |
|
|
FAHM |
Fellow, Academy for Healthcare Management |
|
|
FAHS |
Federation of American Health Systems |
|
|
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak) |
|
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FAS |
Fetal assessment scan |
|
|
FASA |
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (nonprofit association representing the interests of ambulatory surgery centers) |
|
|
FASC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center |
|
|
faseb |
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's |
|
|
FB |
Foreign Body |
|
|
FBC |
Full Blood Count |
|
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FBM |
Fetal Breathing Movement |
|
|
FBR |
Federal Benefit Rate |
|
|
FBS |
fasting blood sugar |
|
|
FCCA |
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 |
|
|
FCCBC |
Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer |
|
|
FCCH |
First Choice Community Healthcare |
|
|
FCD |
First Claims Development |
|
|
fchc |
Falls Church Healthcare Center |
|
|
FCW |
Freedom of Choice Waiver |
|
|
FDG |
Fluorodeoxyglucose |
|
|
FDOEH |
First Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance |
|
|
FDOES |
First Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance |
|
|
fdp |
Fibrin Degredation Products |
|
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fds |
flexor digitorum superficialis |
|
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Fe |
Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'') |
|
|
FEC |
Freestanding Emergency Center |
|
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FEES |
Fibreoptic endoscopic examination of the swallow |
|
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FES |
FNS)/functional electrical stimulation |
|
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FESS |
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery |
|
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FET |
Forced Expiratory Technique |
|
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FEV1 |
forced expiratory volume in one second |
|
|
FFD |
Fixed Flexion Deformity |
|
|
FFP |
fresh frozen plasma |
|
|
FFP |
Federal Financial Participation |
|
|
FFS |
Fee-For-Service |
|
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FH |
Fetal Heart |
|
|
FHC |
Frederiksted Health Care |
|
|
FHCE |
Future Health Care Executives |
|
|
FHEA |
Florida Healthcare Engineering Association |
|
|
FHH |
Fetal Heart Heard |
|
|
FHHR |
Fetal Heart Heard and Regular |
|
|
FHHS |
Florida Hospital HealthCare System |
|
|
FHNH |
Fetal Heart not Heard |
|
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FHp |
Family Health Plan |
|
|
FHR |
Fetal Heart Rate |
|
|
FHx |
Family History |
|
|
FI |
Fiscal Intermediary |
|
|
Fi02 |
Fractioned inspired oxygen |
|
|
FICA |
Federal Insurance Contribution Act |
|
|
FICARR |
Fiscal Intermediary/Carrier |
|
|
FID |
Fraud Investigation Database |
|
|
FIG |
Fiscal Intermediary Group |
|
|
FIPH |
Fellow International Public Health |
|
|
FIQAS |
Fiscal Intermediary Quality Assurance System |
|
|
FISS |
Fiscal Intermediary Standard System |
|
|
FIx |
Factor nine |
|
|
FLACC |
Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability |
|
|
Flex |
flexion |
|
|
FLP |
Fasting Lipid Profile |
|
|
FM |
Fetal Movement |
|
|
FMC |
Foundation for Medical Care |
|
|
FMF |
fetal movement felt |
|
|
FN |
Febrile Neutropenia |
|
|
FNA |
fine needle aspiration biopsy |
|
|
FNAB |
Fine needle aspirate biopsy |
|
|
FNS |
Food and Nutrition Service |
|
|
FOB |
Faecal Occult Blood |
|
|
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
|
|
FOs |
Fructo olligosacharides |
|
|
FOSC |
Freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center |
|
|
FQHC |
Federally Qualified Health Center |
|
|
FROM |
Full Range of Movement |
|
|
FROM |
Full Range Of Motion |
|
|
FS |
Frozen Section |
|
|
FSA |
Family Services Administration |
|
|
FSA |
Family Support Administration |
|
|
FSE |
Fetal Scalp Electrode |
|
|
FSH |
follicle stimulating hormone |
|
|
FT |
Full Term |
|
|
FTA |
Failure to advance |
|
|
FTND |
Full Term Normal Delivery |
|
|
FTT |
Failure To Thrive |
|
|
FU |
Follow-Up |
|
|
FULS |
Federal Upper Limits System |
|
|
FVC |
Forced Vital Capacity |
|
|
FVIII |
Factor eight |
|
|
FWA |
Fraud, Waste & Abuse |
|
|
FWB |
Full Weight Bearing |
|
|
Fx |
Factor ten |
|
|
FxI |
Factor eleven |
|
|
FxIII |
Factor thirteen |
|
|
G |
Gram (g) |
|
|
g#P# |
gravida#Para# |
|
|
g&H |
group and hold |
|
|
GA |
general anaesthetic |
|
|
gahp |
Global Alternative Healthcare Project |
|
|
gAMMA gT |
gamma glutamyl transferase |
|
|
GASTROC |
Gastrocnemius |
|
|
GBS |
Group B Streptococcus |
|
|
GCS |
Glasgow Coma Scale |
|
|
GCSF |
Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor |
|
|
GCT |
Glucose Challenge Test |
|
|
GD |
Grade |
|
|
GDM |
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus |
|
|
GEB |
General Enrollment Beneficiaries |
|
|
GEP |
General Enrollment Period |
|
|
gest |
gestation |
|
|
GF |
Gluten Free |
|
|
GFR |
Glomerular Filtration Rate |
|
|
GHAP |
Global Healthcare Applications Project |
|
|
GHEG |
German Healthcare Export Group |
|
|
GHJ |
Glenohumeral Joint |
|
|
GHM |
Global Healthcare Market |
|
|
GHP |
Group Health Plan, Inc. |
|
|
GHPPS |
Group Health Plan Payment System |
|
|
GHPS |
Group Health Processing System |
|
|
ghr |
General Healthcare Resources |
|
|
GIC |
General Inpatient Care |
|
|
GINA |
Global INitiative for Asthma |
|
|
GIT |
Gastrointestinal Tract |
|
|
glut.Max |
gluteus maximus |
|
|
glut.Med |
gluteus medius |
|
|
glut.Min |
gluteus minimus |
|
|
gluts |
gluteal |
|
|
GNHC |
Good Neighbor Healthcare Center |
|
|
GO |
gastro-oesophageal |
|
|
gORD |
gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder |
|
|
GORD |
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease |
|
|
GP |
General Practitioner |
|
|
GPP |
Group Practice Plan |
|
|
GPPP |
Group Practice Prepayment Plan |
|
|
GPS |
Generic Performance Standards |
|
|
GRADE I |
small amplitude movement at beginning of range of movement |
|
|
GRADE II |
large amplitude movement well into the range of movement |
|
|
GRADE III |
large amplitude movement into resistance |
|
|
GRADE IV |
small amplitude movement into resistance |
|
|
GRADE V |
high velocity thrusting movement beyond end range of motion |
|
|
gRBAS |
grade roughness breathiness asthenic strain |
|
|
GRECC |
Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center |
|
|
gtn |
Glyceryl Tri-Nitrate |
|
|
GTT |
Glucose Tolerance Test |
|
|
GU |
Genitourinary |
|
|
guIDE |
genito urinary and Infection Disease Clinic |
|
|
GUM |
Genito-Urinary Medicine |
|
|
guR |
genito-ureteric reflux |
|
|
GVHD |
Graft Versus Host Disease |
|
|
gxM |
group and cross match |
|
|
gZF |
gutter zimmer frame |
|
|
H |
Hour |
|
|
HAASC |
Hospital Affiliated Ambulatory Surgical Center |
|
|
HAEM |
Haematology |
|
|
HAI |
Healthcare Associated Infection |
|
|
HAMB |
HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch |
|
|
Hams |
Hamstrings |
|
|
HAPPI |
Health Assistance Program for Personnel and Industry |
|
|
HART |
HCFA Accounting Records Tracking System |
|
|
HAS |
Hospital Annual Survey |
|
|
hasa |
Healthcare Access San Antonio |
|
|
HASEALP |
HA Search Alpha Program |
|
|
HASO |
Healthcare Administration Student Organization |
|
|
HAV |
Hepatitis A Virus |
|
|
HAVEN |
Home Assessment Validation and Entry System |
|
|
Hb |
Haemoglobin |
|
|
HbA1c |
glycosylated haemoglobin type A1c |
|
|
HBB |
Hand Behind Back |
|
|
HBcAb |
Hepatitis B Core Antibody |
|
|
HBH |
Hand behind head |
|
|
HBP |
Hospital-Based Physician |
|
|
HBsAg |
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen |
|
|
HBV |
hepatitis B virus |
|
|
HC |
Health Care |
|
|
HC |
Head Circumference |
|
|
HCA |
Home Care Assistant |
|
|
HCA |
Health Care Assistant |
|
|
HCA |
Hospital Corporation of America |
|
|
HCA |
Health Care Administration |
|
|
HCAC |
Health Care Accreditation Council |
|
|
HCAC |
Health Care for All Colorado |
|
|
HCAHPS |
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems |
|
|
HCAI |
Health Care Associated Infection |
|
|
HCAI |
Health Care Acquired Infection |
|
|
HCBD |
Health Care and Benefits Division |
|
|
HCBP |
Health Care Benefit Packages |
|
|
HCBWP |
Home & Community Based Waiver Program |
|
|
HCC |
The Healthcare Center For Children |
|
|
HCC |
Hierarchical Condition Category |
|
|
HCC |
Health Care Compare |
|
|
HCCA |
Health Care Commuting Area |
|
|
HCCS |
healthcare Coding & Consulting Services |
|
|
HCDS |
Health Care Data Systems |
|
|
HCDS |
Health Care Delivery Systems |
|
|
HCEG |
Health Care Executive Group |
|
|
HCFA |
Health Care For All |
|
|
HCFA |
Health Care Finance and Administration |
|
|
HCFA |
Health Care Financial Authority |
|
|
HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
|
|
hCG |
Health Care Group |
|
|
HCG |
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin |
|
|
HCH |
National Health Care for the Homeless Council |
|
|
HCI |
Health Care Information |
|
|
HCIRC |
Health Care Information Resource Center |
|
|
HCIS |
Health Care Information System |
|
|
HCO |
Healthcare Community Online |
|
|
HCO |
Health Care Options |
|
|
HCO |
Health care organizations |
|
|
HCO3 |
Bicarbonate |
|
|
HCP |
Health Care Professional |
|
|
HCP |
Health Care Providers |
|
|
HCPC |
HCFA Common Procedure Code |
|
|
HCPCS |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
|
|
HCPP |
Health Care Prepayment Plan |
|
|
HCQII |
Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative |
|
|
HCQIP |
Health Care Quality Improvement Program |
|
|
HCR |
Health Care Reform |
|
|
HCRA |
Health Care Reimbursement Account |
|
|
HCRI |
Health Care Rights Initiative |
|
|
HCRIS |
Healthcare Provider Cost Report Information System |
|
|
HcRN |
Healthcare record number |
|
|
HCRP |
Health Care Reform Panel |
|
|
HCRS |
HCRIS Process |
|
|
HCSD |
Health Care Services Division |
|
|
HCSSA |
Health Care Systems Support Activity |
|
|
HCT |
Health Care Team |
|
|
HCT |
Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique |
|
|
HCT |
haemoglobin content, haematocrit |
|
|
HCT |
haematocrit |
|
|
HCTP |
Health Consumer Training Program |
|
|
HCV |
hepatitis C virus |
|
|
HD |
haemodialysis |
|
|
HD |
Handicapped/Disabled |
|
|
HDBUTE |
Health Insurance Database Update Program |
|
|
HDDUCS |
Health Insurance Daily Update Control System |
|
|
HDENTMRG |
Health Insurance Daily Prior Entitlement Merge |
|
|
HDH |
Healthcare Development Holding |
|
|
HDHIDAD |
HD Health Insurance Daily Actions Dispersion System |
|
|
HDHIDUP |
HD Health Insurance Daily Update Program |
|
|
HDHISS |
HD Health Insurance Segmented Sort System |
|
|
HDI |
Health Data Institute |
|
|
HDID |
HI Daily Identification |
|
|
HDL |
High-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol) |
|
|
hdlc |
HighLevel Data Link Control |
|
|
HDM |
Healthcare Data Management |
|
|
hdm |
Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies |
|
|
HDMEDMRG |
HD Medicaid Merge Program |
|
|
HDMUPS |
HI Daily Master Update Processing System |
|
|
HDPRENT |
HD Prior Entitlement Program |
|
|
HDRIM |
Health Insurance Retrieve Inactive Master System |
|
|
hds |
Healthcare Data Solutions |
|
|
HDSS |
Hospital Data Support System |
|
|
HDU |
High Dependency Unit |
|
|
HEALTH |
Help Efficient Accessible Lowcost Timely Healthcare |
|
|
HECHICN |
HE Health Insurance Enrollment Cards Operation |
|
|
HEI |
Healthcare Equality Index |
|
|
HELLP |
haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets |
|
|
HEMA |
Healthcare Employees Mid Atlantic |
|
|
hep |
hepatitis |
|
|
hep |
Hepatitis Education Project |
|
|
HEZ |
Health Economic Zone |
|
|
HFMA |
Healthcare Financial Management Association |
|
|
hfov |
High Frequency Oscillator Ventilator |
|
|
HH |
Home Health Care |
|
|
HH |
home help |
|
|
HHA |
Home Health Agency |
|
|
HHABN |
Home Health Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
|
|
HHC |
human health care |
|
|
HHC |
Home Health Care |
|
|
HHCOV |
Home Health Coverage |
|
|
HHI |
Home Health Intermediary |
|
|
HHL |
Home Health Line |
|
|
HHMM |
Healthcare Hazard Management Monitor |
|
|
HHP |
Holistic Healthcare Practitioner |
|
|
HHPPS |
Home Health Prospective Payment System |
|
|
HHQI |
Home Health Quality Initiative |
|
|
HHQIS |
Home Health Quality Indicator System |
|
|
HHRG |
Home Health Resource Group |
|
|
HHS |
Health & Human Services |
|
|
HHS |
Home Health Services |
|
|
HHSAR |
Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation |
|
|
HHSSA |
Home Health Services and Staffing Association |
|
|
HI |
Head Injury |
|
|
HI |
Health Insurance |
|
|
HIAA |
Health Insurance Association of America |
|
|
HIAM |
Health Insurance Alpha Microfilm |
|
|
Hib |
Health Insurance Benefits |
|
|
Hib |
Hospital Insurance Benefits |
|
|
HIBRR |
Health Insurance Benefits Rights & Responsibilities |
|
|
HIC |
Health Insurance Claim |
|
|
HIC |
Health Information Center |
|
|
HIC |
Home Intensive Care |
|
|
HIC |
Health Insurance Company |
|
|
HICAN |
Health Insurance Claim Account Number |
|
|
HICDA |
Hospital International Classification of Diseases Adapted |
|
|
HICN |
Health Insurance Claim Number |
|
|
HICPAC |
Healthcare Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee |
|
|
HICR |
Health Insurance Correction Request |
|
|
HIDA |
Health Insurance Distributor's Association |
|
|
HIDAD |
HI Daily Actions Dispersion System |
|
|
HIDUP |
HI Duplicate Payments Systems |
|
|
HIE |
hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy |
|
|
HIFA |
Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative |
|
|
HIICAP |
Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program |
|
|
HIIM |
Health Insurance Inquiries Manual |
|
|
HIM |
Health Insurance Manual |
|
|
HIMA |
Health Industry Manufacturers Association |
|
|
HIMA |
Health Insurance Master |
|
|
HIMBEX |
Health Insurance Master Billing Exception Process |
|
|
HIMF |
Health Insurance Master File |
|
|
HIMP |
Healthcare Industry Management Program |
|
|
HIMSS |
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
|
|
HIN |
Healthcare Intelligence Network |
|
|
HIN |
Health Industry Number |
|
|
HIN |
Health Insurance Networks |
|
|
HINN |
HospitalIssued Notice of Noncoverage |
|
|
HIO |
Health Insurance Organization |
|
|
HIP |
Health Insurance Pamphlet |
|
|
HIP |
Health Insurance Plan |
|
|
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
|
|
HIPDB |
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank |
|
|
HIPE |
Hospital In-Patient Enquiry |
|
|
HIPPS |
Health Insurance Prospective Payment System |
|
|
HIQA |
Health Insurance Query Access |
|
|
HIQR |
Health Insurance Online Query Response |
|
|
HIRAM |
Health Insurance Reinstating Alphabetic Master |
|
|
HIRO |
Health Insurance Regional Office |
|
|
HIRTF |
Health Insurance Reform Task Force |
|
|
HIS |
Health Interview Survey |
|
|
HIS |
Health Information Systems |
|
|
HIS |
Healthcare Information System |
|
|
HIS |
Healthcare Infection Society |
|
|
HISAC |
Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing |
|
|
HISB |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board |
|
|
HISDG |
HCFA Information Systems Development Guide |
|
|
HISI |
Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland |
|
|
HISKEW |
Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Writeoff |
|
|
HISPP |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel |
|
|
HISS |
Health Insurance Segmented Sort System |
|
|
HISTM |
Health Insurance System Test Module |
|
|
HIT |
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia |
|
|
HITCH |
Healthcare Interoperability Testing and Conformance Harmonisation |
|
|
HITS |
heparin induced thrombocytopenia syndrome |
|
|
HIUM |
Health Insurance Utilization Master |
|
|
HIURPS |
Health Insurance Utilization Records Processing System |
|
|
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus I |
|
|
HIW |
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales |
|
|
HJCOIN |
Health Insurance Central Office Inquiries |
|
|
HL |
Hodgkin's lymphoma |
|
|
HL7 |
Health Level Seven (formatting and protocol standard) |
|
|
HLA |
Human lucocyte antigen |
|
|
HLM |
HCFA Logical Model |
|
|
HM |
hand movements |
|
|
HMA |
Healthcare Management Administrators |
|
|
HMB |
Hospital Market Basket |
|
|
HMD |
Hyaline Membrane Disease |
|
|
HME |
Home Medical Equipment |
|
|
HMHISAC |
HM Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing Operation |
|
|
HMIC |
Healthcare Management Information Consortium |
|
|
HMO/CMP |
HMO Competitive Medical Plan |
|
|
HMODR |
CMS Medicare Outpatient Data Review |
|
|
HMPSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Area |
|
|
HMR |
Healthcare Management Resources |
|
|
HMS |
Healthcare Management System |
|
|
HMSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Areas |
|
|
HMUPHMO |
HI Master Update HMO |
|
|
HMWHIM |
Health Insurance Master Weekly Health Insurance Merge |
|
|
HNA |
Healthcare Networks of America |
|
|
HOL |
HCFA OnLine |
|
|
HOOP |
Healthcare Out Of Pocket |
|
|
HOP |
Hospital Orientation Program |
|
|
HOS |
Health Outcomes Survey |
|
|
HOST |
Healthcare Open Systems & Trials |
|
|
HP |
HI Payment Records Operations |
|
|
HPA |
Health Policy Agenda |
|
|
HPAC |
HI Premium Amount Collectable |
|
|
HPARB |
Health Professions Appeal and Review Board |
|
|
hpas |
Healthcare Payments Automation Summit |
|
|
HPBSS |
HCFA Part B Standard System |
|
|
HPC |
Health Care Professional |
|
|
HPHC |
High protein high calorie |
|
|
HPI |
Healthcare Performance Improvement |
|
|
HPMS |
Health Plan Management System |
|
|
HPN |
Healthcare Purchasing News |
|
|
HPO |
Healthcare Pricing Office |
|
|
HPOA |
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy |
|
|
hpp |
Healthcare Performance Partners |
|
|
HPPC |
Health Plan Purchasing Cooperative |
|
|
HPPP |
Healthcare Professional Profiles Program |
|
|
HPSA |
Health Professional Shortage Area |
|
|
HQ |
HI Query Operations |
|
|
HQPAF |
Healthcare Quality Patient Assessment Form |
|
|
HR |
Heart Rate |
|
|
HRA |
health risk appraisal tools |
|
|
HRET |
Hospital Research and Educational Trust |
|
|
HRG |
Health Research Group |
|
|
HRSA |
Health Resources & Services Administration |
|
|
HRT |
Hormone Replacement Therapy (man-made drugs used to ease the symptoms of menopause) |
|
|
HSA |
Health Systems Agencies |
|
|
HSA |
Health Services Administration |
|
|
HSA |
Health Service Area |
|
|
HSB |
Healthcare Systems Bureau |
|
|
HSC |
Health Services Command |
|
|
HSE |
Health Service Executive |
|
|
HSG |
Healthcare Services Group |
|
|
HSG |
Healthcare Solutions Group |
|
|
HSI |
Health Systems International |
|
|
HSP |
Henock schonlein purpura |
|
|
HSP |
Hospital Specific Portion |
|
|
HSR |
Hospital Specific Rate |
|
|
HSRA |
Health Resources & Services Administration |
|
|
HSRP |
Healthcare Service Relations Profile |
|
|
HSSP |
Healthcare Services Specification Program |
|
|
HSSP |
Healthcare Services Specification Project |
|
|
HT |
Heights |
|
|
HT |
Transmitter Height |
|
|
HTA |
Healthcare Trust of America |
|
|
HTG |
Healthcare Transformation Group |
|
|
HTN |
Hypertension |
|
|
HURA |
Health Underserved Rural Area |
|
|
HUS |
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome |
|
|
HV |
Home Visit |
|
|
HVS |
High Vaginal Swab (medical test) |
|
|
HWD |
Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities |
|
|
HWI |
Hospital Wage Index |
|
|
HWRC |
Healthcare Workforce Research Centre |
|
|
HX |
History |
|
|
HxPC |
History of present complaint |
|
|
HYBC |
Hypothetical Base Year Calculations |
|
|
hydro |
hydrotherapy |
|
|
I&D |
Incision and Drainage |
|
|
I&O |
Intake & Output |
|
|
i.e |
that is |
|
|
I:E Ratio |
Inspiratory to expiratory ratio |
|
|
IA |
Inter/IntraAgency Agreement |
|
|
IABP |
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump |
|
|
IADL |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
|
|
IAH |
Integration Adapter for Healthcare |
|
|
IAS |
Interatrial Septum |
|
|
IBN |
Incorrect Bill Notice |
|
|
IBPR |
Intermediary Benefit Payment Report |
|
|
IBR |
Intermediary Benefit Payment |
|
|
IBW |
Ideal Body Weight |
|
|
IC |
Initial Claims Operations |
|
|
ICA |
Insurance Counseling Assistance |
|
|
ICCP |
Individual Community Care Plan |
|
|
ICD |
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator |
|
|
ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
|
|
ICD-9-CM |
In-ternational Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification |
|
|
ICDA |
International Classification of Diseases Adapted for the U.S. |
|
|
ICF |
Intermediate Care Facility |
|
|
ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility for Mental Retardation |
|
|
ICHE |
Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education |
|
|
ICN |
Intermediary Control Number |
|
|
ICP |
Intracranial Pressure |
|
|
ICR |
Incomplete Claims Reject |
|
|
iCRBBB |
Incomplete right bundle branch block |
|
|
ICSTP |
Intermediary/Carrier System Testing Project |
|
|
ICU |
Intensive Care Unit |
|
|
ICU |
Intense Care Unit |
|
|
ID |
Infectious Disease |
|
|
IDH |
Institute of Digital Healthcare |
|
|
IDPN |
Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition |
|
|
IDWg |
Intradialytic weight gain |
|
|
IEP |
Initial Enrollment Period |
|
|
IEQ |
Initial Enrollment Questionnaire |
|
|
IER |
Intermediary Expenditure Report |
|
|
IFT |
Interferential Therapy |
|
|
IG |
Implementation Guide |
|
|
IG |
Immune Globulin |
|
|
IHA |
Institute for Healthcare Advancement |
|
|
IHA |
Integrated Healthcare Association |
|
|
IHC |
Intermountain Health Care |
|
|
IHC |
Institute for HealthCare Consumerism |
|
|
IHC |
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative |
|
|
IHD |
Ischaemic Heart Disease |
|
|
IHE |
Integrating The Healthcare Enter |
|
|
IHE |
Integrating The Healthcare Enterprise |
|
|
IHF |
Irish Heart Foundation |
|
|
IHO |
Institute for Healthcare Optimization |
|
|
IHP |
Individualized Healthcare Plans |
|
|
IHS |
Indian Health Service |
|
|
IHT |
International Health Technologies |
|
|
IIHI |
Individually Identifiable Health Information |
|
|
IL |
Intermediary Letter |
|
|
IM |
Intermediary Manual |
|
|
IM |
Intramuscular |
|
|
IMA |
Individual Medical Account |
|
|
IMC |
International Medical Center |
|
|
IMCAS |
Intervening Medical Care Analysis System |
|
|
IMD |
Institution for Mental Disease |
|
|
IME |
Indirect Medical Education |
|
|
IMI |
Infant Mortality Initiative |
|
|
IMP |
Impression |
|
|
IMRP |
Instruction Manual for Renal Providers |
|
|
IMV |
Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation |
|
|
In Pt |
In Patient |
|
|
INCL |
Include |
|
|
IND |
Independent |
|
|
Inf |
Inferior |
|
|
Inferolat |
Inferolateral |
|
|
INFO |
Information Network and File Organization |
|
|
INFO |
Information |
|
|
INO |
Inhaled Nitric Oxide |
|
|
INR |
International Normalised Ratio |
|
|
INRA |
Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 |
|
|
Int.Rot |
Internal rotation |
|
|
inv |
inversion |
|
|
Ioc |
Inspection of Care |
|
|
IOL |
Intraocular Lens |
|
|
IOL |
Induction of Labour |
|
|
IOM |
Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Science, U.S.) |
|
|
IOP |
Intra Ocular Pressure |
|
|
IP |
Intraperitoneal |
|
|
IP/SNF |
Inpatient SNF |
|
|
IPA |
Intrapulmonary Artery |
|
|
IPA |
Independent Practice Association |
|
|
IPAC |
Immunization Practice Advisory Committee |
|
|
IPD |
Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis |
|
|
IPJ |
Interphalangeal Joint |
|
|
IPL |
Independent Physiological Laboratory |
|
|
IPPB |
intermittent positive pressure breathing |
|
|
IPPV |
Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation |
|
|
Iprp |
Interim Payment Review Program |
|
|
IPS |
Institutional Provider of Service |
|
|
IRB |
Intern & Resident to Bed |
|
|
IRC |
Inpatient Respite Care |
|
|
IRF |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
|
|
IRIS |
Interim and Resident Information System |
|
|
IRP |
Insurance Reimbursement Program |
|
|
IRQ |
Inner range quadriceps |
|
|
IRS |
Identical, Related and Similar |
|
|
IS |
In situ |
|
|
ISA |
In Service Area |
|
|
ISC |
Intermittent Self-Catheterisation |
|
|
Isclt |
International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology |
|
|
ISHP |
Individualized School Healthcare Plan |
|
|
ISHP |
Independent Sector Healthcare Providers |
|
|
ISN |
Integrated Service Network |
|
|
ISQ |
In Status Quo |
|
|
ISTP |
Intermediary System Testing Program |
|
|
IT |
inspiratory time |
|
|
ITP |
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura |
|
|
ITT |
Insulin Tolerance Test |
|
|
ITU |
Intensive Therapy Unit |
|
|
IU |
International Unit |
|
|
IUCD |
Intrauterine Contraceptive Device |
|
|
iud |
intrauterine death |
|
|
IUGR |
Intrauterine Growth Retardation |
|
|
IUGR |
intrauterine growth restriction |
|
|
IV |
Intravenous |
|
|
IVC |
Inferior Vena Cava |
|
|
IVF |
In Vitro Fertilisation |
|
|
IVH |
intraventricular haemorrhage |
|
|
IVI |
Intravenous Infusion |
|
|
IVP |
Intravenous Pyelogram |
|
|
IVS |
interventricular septum |
|
|
IVSD |
Interventricular septum in diastole |
|
|
IVSS |
Interventricular wall in systole |
|
|
IVT |
Intravenous Therapy |
|
|
IVU |
Intravenous Urogram |
|
|
IVUS |
Intravascular Ultrasound |
|
|
IWA |
Irish Wheelchair Association |
|
|
IWD |
Individuals With Disabilities |
|
|
Ix |
Investigation |
|
|
IYCF |
Infant and Young Child Feeding |
|
|
JAMA |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
|
|
JCA |
Jewish Council for Aging |
|
|
JCAHCO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of 477 Organizations |
|
|
JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
|
|
JHAH |
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare |
|
|
JIA |
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
|
|
JURIS |
RRB Jurisdiction Change Operation |
|
|
JVP |
Jugular Venous Pressure |
|
|
K |
Potassium |
|
|
KAFO |
Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis |
|
|
KAHC |
Kereta Api Health Care |
|
|
kcal |
kilocalories |
|
|
KCl |
Potassium Chloride |
|
|
kg |
Kilogram |
|
|
KHF |
Kenya Healthcare Federation |
|
|
kJ |
kilo joules |
|
|
KPS |
Keratic Precipitates |
|
|
kuB |
kidneys, ureters and bladder |
|
|
KVO |
Keep Vein Open |
|
|
L |
Litre |
|
|
LA |
local anaesthetic |
|
|
LAA |
Left Atrial Appendage |
|
|
Lab |
Laboratory Animals Bureau |
|
|
lab |
Laboratory Assessments Board |
|
|
LAB |
Laboratory |
|
|
lab |
Laboratory Accreditation Board |
|
|
LADA |
Left anterior descending artery |
|
|
Lap.& Dye |
Laparoscopy and dye |
|
|
Larpa |
Locality Area Reduced Prevailing Allowance |
|
|
LARPA |
Locality Adjusted Reduced Prevailing Amount |
|
|
LASER |
Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser) |
|
|
Lat |
Lateral |
|
|
Lat.Men |
Lateral meniscus |
|
|
Lat.Rot |
Lateral rotation |
|
|
Lat.Wall |
Lateral wall |
|
|
LATCH |
Latino Access To Coordinated Healthcare |
|
|
LATCH |
Local Access to Coordinated Healthcare |
|
|
Lavh |
Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy |
|
|
LBBB |
Left Bundle Branch Block |
|
|
LBM |
Lean Body Mass |
|
|
LBP |
Low Back Pain |
|
|
lbs |
Pounds weight |
|
|
LCAC |
Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor |
|
|
LCC |
Life Cycle Cost |
|
|
LCD |
Local Coverage Determination |
|
|
LCDM |
Life Cycle Development Methodology |
|
|
LCER |
Limiting Charge Exception Report |
|
|
LCL |
Lowest Charge Levels |
|
|
LCL |
Lateral Collateral Ligament |
|
|
LCT |
long chain triglyceride emulsion |
|
|
LCX |
Left Circumflex Artery |
|
|
LDH |
Lactate dehydrogenase |
|
|
LDL |
Low-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol) |
|
|
LGA |
large for gestational age |
|
|
LGHP |
Large GHP |
|
|
Lgt |
Ligament |
|
|
LH |
Luthenising hormone |
|
|
LHS |
Left height sensation |
|
|
LHSS |
Louisiana Healthcare Staffing Solutions |
|
|
LIF |
Left Iliac Fossa |
|
|
LIH |
Left Inguinal Hernia |
|
|
LIL |
Limitation of Liability |
|
|
LIS |
Low-Income Subsidy |
|
|
ll |
lower limb |
|
|
LLETZ |
Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone |
|
|
LLQ |
left lower quadrant |
|
|
LMA |
Laryngeal Mask Airway |
|
|
LMP |
Last Menstrual Period |
|
|
LMRP |
Local Medical Review Policy |
|
|
LOA |
Left Occipitoanterior |
|
|
LOC |
Loss of Consciousness |
|
|
LOC |
Level of Care |
|
|
LOE |
Level Of Effort |
|
|
LOI |
Letter Of Intent |
|
|
LOINC |
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
|
|
LOL |
Left occipito-lateral |
|
|
LOR |
Loss of Resistance |
|
|
LOS |
Length of Stay |
|
|
LP |
Lumbar Puncture |
|
|
LPC |
Locality Prevailing Charge |
|
|
LRD |
Lifetime Reserve Days |
|
|
LRH |
Littleton Regional Healthcare |
|
|
LRH |
Lake Region Healthcare |
|
|
LRot |
Left rotation |
|
|
LRTI |
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection |
|
|
LS Ratio |
Leichithin/Sphyngomyelin ratio |
|
|
LSA |
left sacro-anterior |
|
|
LSCLife |
Safety Code |
|
|
LSCS |
Lower Segment Caesarean Section |
|
|
LSF |
Left Side Flexion |
|
|
LSH |
Long shoe horn |
|
|
LSL |
Left sacro-lateral |
|
|
LSLy |
Left side lying |
|
|
LSO |
Left Salpingo-Oophorectomy |
|
|
LSP |
Left sacro-posterior |
|
|
LSpine |
Lumbar spine |
|
|
LTC |
Long Term Care Program |
|
|
LTCF |
Long Term Care Facility |
|
|
Ltciac |
Long Term Care Insurance Advisory Council |
|
|
LTCM |
Long Term Care Management |
|
|
LTCP |
Long Term Care Program |
|
|
LTCU |
Long Term Care Unit |
|
|
LTD |
Live Test Demonstration |
|
|
LTE |
Less Than Effective |
|
|
LTM |
Long Term Memory |
|
|
LTP |
Lifetime Psychiatric Days |
|
|
LTS |
Lateral tarsal strip |
|
|
LUPA |
Low Utilization Payment Adjustment |
|
|
LUQ |
Left Upper Quadrant |
|
|
LUS |
Lower Uterine Segment |
|
|
LV |
left ventricle of the heart |
|
|
LVAD |
Left Ventricular Assist Device |
|
|
LVDV |
left ventricular diastolic volume |
|
|
LVEDP |
CO)-left ventricular end diastolic pressure |
|
|
LVF |
Left Ventricular Failure |
|
|
LVH |
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
|
|
LVOT |
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract |
|
|
LVOTO |
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction |
|
|
LVRS |
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
|
|
lvs |
Low vaginal swabs |
|
|
LVSV |
Left ventricle systolic volume |
|
|
LW |
Living With |
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|
Ly |
Lying |
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|
M C |
Medicare Choice |
|
|
M C NSF |
Medicare Choice National Standard Format |
|
|
M CO |
Medicare Choice Organization |
|
|
m&m |
Medicare and Medicaid |
|
|
m.d.u |
As directed |
|
|
m2 |
Square metres body surface |
|
|
MA |
Medicare Advantage |
|
|
MA |
Medical Assistance |
|
|
MA |
Medicaid Agency |
|
|
MAA |
Memorandum of Advance Agreement |
|
|
MAA |
Medical Assistance Agency |
|
|
MAABD |
Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind and Disabled |
|
|
MAAC |
Maximum Allowable Actual Charge |
|
|
MAC |
Major Ambulatory Category |
|
|
MAC |
Maximum Allowable Cost |
|
|
MACE |
Medicare Alternate Claim Entry System |
|
|
MADC |
Major Ambulatory Diagnostic Categories |
|
|
MADRS |
Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System |
|
|
MADS |
Medicare Actuarial Data System |
|
|
MAF |
Medical Assistance Facility |
|
|
MAH |
Most Accessible Hospital |
|
|
MAHA |
McKinsey Advanced Healthcare Analytics |
|
|
MAN |
Medicare Automated Network |
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|
Man.Dex |
Manual dexterity |
|
|
mane |
in the morning |
|
|
MAO |
Medical Assistance Only |
|
|
MAP |
Medical Assistance Payments |
|
|
MAP |
Mean Arterial Pressure |
|
|
MAP |
Medical Assistance Program |
|
|
MAPC |
Maximum Allowable Prevailing Charge |
|
|
MAPD |
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan |
|
|
MAPSA |
Medicare A Provider Services Assistants |
|
|
MARI |
Medicare Administrative Reform Initiatives |
|
|
MARS |
Medicare Accounts Receivable System |
|
|
MAS |
Motor Assessment Scale |
|
|
MAU |
Medical Assessment Unit |
|
|
MAu |
Medical Admission unit |
|
|
MAX |
Maximum |
|
|
MBA |
Monthly Benefit Amount |
|
|
MBAS |
Medicare Benefit Accounting System |
|
|
MBCIS |
Medicare Compliance Issues System |
|
|
Mbcs |
Medicare Budget and Cost System |
|
|
Mbcsp |
Medicare Beneficiary Customer Service Program |
|
|
MBD |
Medicare Beneficiary Database |
|
|
Mbe |
Medicaid Budget and Expenditures |
|
|
MBES |
Medicaid Budget & Expenditures System |
|
|
MBHCW |
Medicare Home & Community Based Services Waivers System |
|
|
Mbn |
Medicare Benefit Notice |
|
|
MC |
Metacarpal |
|
|
MCA |
Middle Cerebral Artery |
|
|
MCA |
Maternity Center Association |
|
|
Mcab |
Medicare Contractor Administrative Budget |
|
|
MCAC |
Medical Coverage Advisory Committee |
|
|
MCBFMR |
BESS Focused Medical Review |
|
|
MCBS |
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey |
|
|
MCCA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 |
|
|
Mccb |
Medicare Change Control Board |
|
|
MCCOY |
Managed Care Online Information System |
|
|
MCCRA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 |
|
|
MCDATA |
MedicareMedicaid Common Data Initiative |
|
|
MCDC |
Medicare Contractor Data Center |
|
|
MCE |
Medicare Code Editor |
|
|
MCE(S) |
Medical Care Evaluation (Studies) |
|
|
MCH |
Maternal & Child Health Services |
|
|
MCH |
Maternal and Child Health Program |
|
|
MCH |
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare |
|
|
MCHC |
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council |
|
|
MCI |
Medicare Claims Inquiry |
|
|
Mciglas |
Medicare Contractor Integrated General Ledger Accounting System |
|
|
MCL |
Medial Collateral Ligament |
|
|
MCM |
Medicare Carrier Manual |
|
|
MCO |
Managed Care Operation |
|
|
MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
|
|
MCOB |
Medicare Contractor Oversight Board |
|
|
MCPI |
Medical Care Component of the Consumer Price Index |
|
|
MCPI |
Medicare Contractor Productivity Improvement |
|
|
MCPJ |
Metacarpophalangeal Joint |
|
|
Mcps |
Medicare Claims Processing System |
|
|
MCS |
Mandatory Claim Submission System |
|
|
MCSC |
Medicare Customer Service Center |
|
|
MCSID |
Medicare Contractor Systems Information Database |
|
|
MCSS |
Medicare Contractor Standard System |
|
|
MCSSMR |
Medicare Contractor Standard Systems Medical Review |
|
|
MCUG |
Micturating Cystourethrogram |
|
|
MCV |
Mean Corpuscular Volume |
|
|
MCWG |
Managed Care Working Group |
|
|
MCWRS |
Medicare Contractor Workload Reporting (System) |
|
|
MCWS |
Medicare Contractor Workload System |
|
|
MD |
Medical Director |
|
|
MDA |
Misuse of Drugs Act |
|
|
MDAS |
Medicaid Override Application System |
|
|
MDC |
Medicare Data Center |
|
|
MDCN |
Medicare Data Communications Network |
|
|
MDH |
Medicare-Dependent Hospital |
|
|
MDR TB |
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis |
|
|
MDRI |
Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative |
|
|
MDS |
Medicare Decision Support |
|
|
MDS |
Mortality Data System |
|
|
MDSRH |
Medicare Dependent Small Rural Hospital |
|
|
MDSS |
Medicare Decision Support System |
|
|
MDT |
Multidisciplinary Team |
|
|
MDU |
Medical Day Unit |
|
|
ME |
Medical Effectiveness |
|
|
ME |
Medical Endurance |
|
|
MEASURES |
Medicare Automated Survey Reporting System |
|
|
MECA |
Medicare Expanded Choice Act of 1987 |
|
|
MECCA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 |
|
|
mect |
multiple electroconvulsive therapy |
|
|
MED |
Medial |
|
|
Med-ed |
Medical Education |
|
|
Med.Men |
Medial meniscus |
|
|
Med.Rot |
Medial rotation |
|
|
MEDAL |
Medicare Eligibility Data Linkage |
|
|
MEDB |
Medicare Part B |
|
|
Medb |
Manage the Edb System |
|
|
Medibaps |
Medicare Budget Allocation Process System |
|
|
Medicaid |
Medical Aid |
|
|
MEDIGAP |
Medicare Gap |
|
|
MEDIRS |
Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System |
|
|
MEDMRG |
Medicaid Merge Program |
|
|
MedPAC |
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
|
|
MEDPAR |
Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
|
|
Medpard |
Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory |
|
|
MEDS |
Medication Education for Drug Safety |
|
|
MEDS |
Medication Education Designed for Seniors |
|
|
MEDS |
Medication and Eligibility Delivery Solution |
|
|
Meds |
Medication |
|
|
Medstat |
Medicaid Statistical Information System |
|
|
Medtep |
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program |
|
|
MEF |
Master Earnings File |
|
|
MEI |
Medical Economic Index |
|
|
mEq |
Milliequivalent |
|
|
MEQC |
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control |
|
|
MES |
Medicare Entitlement System |
|
|
MET |
Medicaid Eligibility Terminal |
|
|
METS |
Metastases |
|
|
MEWA |
Medicare & Multiple Employer Welfare Associations |
|
|
MFAIC |
Medicare Fraud and Abuse Information Coordinator |
|
|
MFCU |
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit |
|
|
MFIS |
Medicare Fraud Information Specialist |
|
|
MFR |
Maximum Flow Rate |
|
|
MFS |
Medicare Fee Schedule |
|
|
MFSDB |
Medicare Fee Schedule Database |
|
|
MFSR |
Medicare Focused Medical Review Status Report |
|
|
MG |
milligram; 1/1000 gram |
|
|
Mg2 |
Magnesium |
|
|
MGA |
Medicaid Grant Awards |
|
|
Mgcrb |
Medical Geographical Classification Review Board |
|
|
MHA |
Master of Healthcare Administrator |
|
|
MHB |
Maximum Hospital Benefit |
|
|
MHC |
Munson Health Care |
|
|
MHCC |
Maryland Health Care Commission |
|
|
MHIP |
Medicare Hospital Information Project |
|
|
MHM |
Methodist Healthcare Ministries |
|
|
MHN |
Managed HealthCare Northwest |
|
|
MHOS |
Medicare Health Outcomes Survey |
|
|
MHS |
Medical History Sample |
|
|
MHW |
Mobile Healthcare Watch |
|
|
MHW |
Molina Healthcare of Washington |
|
|
MI |
Manual Issuance |
|
|
MI |
Medical Insurance |
|
|
MI |
Myocardial Infarction |
|
|
Mib |
Medical Insurance Bureau |
|
|
MIB |
Medical Information Bureau |
|
|
MICH |
Maternal, Infant & Child Health |
|
|
MICO |
Midwestern Consortium |
|
|
MICRO |
Microbiology |
|
|
Mides |
Medicare Internal Data Entry System |
|
|
mIg |
Medicare Insured Group |
|
|
MIH |
Maternal & Infant Health Initiative |
|
|
MIH |
Mobile Integrated Healthcare |
|
|
MIM |
Medicare Intermediary Manual |
|
|
Mims |
Medicare Information Management System |
|
|
MIN |
Minimum |
|
|
MINS |
Minutes |
|
|
MIP |
Medicare Integrity Program |
|
|
MIPPA |
Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 |
|
|
MIR |
Medicare Information Request |
|
|
Mirps |
Miscellaneous Information Reference Postentitlement System |
|
|
mL |
Mililitre |
|
|
MLB |
Micro laryngeal bronchoscopy |
|
|
mm |
Millimeter |
|
|
MMA |
Medicare Modernization Act (of 1999) |
|
|
MMACS |
Medicare/Medicaid Automated Certification System |
|
|
MMAP |
Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program |
|
|
MMC |
Medicaid Managed Care |
|
|
MMCITS |
Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System |
|
|
MMCQI |
Medicare Managed Care Quality Improvement |
|
|
MMCs |
Medicare Managed Care System |
|
|
MMDDCCYY |
Month-Month/Day-Day/Century-Century/Year-Year |
|
|
MMDDYY |
MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear |
|
|
mmHg |
Millimetres of mercury |
|
|
MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information System |
|
|
MMK |
Marshall Marchetti Krantz |
|
|
mmol |
millimole |
|
|
MMORP |
Medicare Management and Open Review Program |
|
|
MMP |
Mixed Model Plan |
|
|
Mmps |
Medicare Mortality Predictor System |
|
|
MMR |
Measles, mumps, rubella |
|
|
MMRA |
Metropolitan Medical Response System |
|
|
MMSE |
Mini Mental State Examination |
|
|
MMWR |
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
|
|
MN |
Master of Nursing |
|
|
MN |
Manganese |
|
|
MN |
Medical Necessity |
|
|
MNB |
Manipulation of nasal bones |
|
|
MND |
Motor Neurone Disease |
|
|
MNIL |
Medically Needy Income Levels |
|
|
MOB |
Mobility |
|
|
Mobs |
Mobilizations |
|
|
MOD |
moderate dysplasia |
|
|
MOLI |
Mirtel OnLine Inquiry System |
|
|
Mor |
Medicaid Overpayment Report |
|
|
MPARTS |
Mistaken Payment Recovery Tracking System |
|
|
MPC |
Medical Patterns of Care |
|
|
MPCC |
Medicare Premium Collection Center |
|
|
MPCS |
Medicare Premium Collection System |
|
|
MPD |
Medicare Provider Database |
|
|
MPDB |
Medicare Prescription Drug Beneficiaries |
|
|
MPF |
Master Provider File |
|
|
MPFS |
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule |
|
|
Mpfsdb |
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base |
|
|
MPI |
Medicare Provider Inventory |
|
|
MPIER |
Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility Registry |
|
|
MPIES |
Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility System |
|
|
MPR |
Master Procedure Record |
|
|
Mprs |
Medical Policy Retrieval System |
|
|
MPS |
Market Penetration Survey |
|
|
MPT |
Maximum phonation time |
|
|
MQA |
Medicare Quality Assurance |
|
|
Mqag |
Medicare Quality Advisory Group |
|
|
MQC |
Medicaid Quality Control |
|
|
Mqge |
Medicare Qualified Government Employee |
|
|
MQIS |
Medicare Quality Indicator System |
|
|
MQM |
Medicare Quality Monitor |
|
|
MQSA |
Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 |
|
|
MR |
Mitral Regurgitation |
|
|
MR |
mortality ratio |
|
|
MR |
Medical Review |
|
|
MR/DD |
mentally retarded/developmentally disabled |
|
|
MR/UR |
Medical Review / Utilization Review |
|
|
MRA |
Minimum Retirement Age |
|
|
Mrar |
Medical Review Annual Report |
|
|
MRB |
Medical Review Board |
|
|
MRCP |
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography |
|
|
MRCRA |
Medicare Regulatory & Contractor Reform Act of 2001 |
|
|
MRI |
Medical Records Institute |
|
|
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
|
|
MROP |
Manual Removal of Placenta |
|
|
Mrrs |
Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System |
|
|
MRS-1 |
Medical Review System Version 1 |
|
|
MRSA |
Methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus'' |
|
|
MRT |
Medical Review Team |
|
|
MRTAG |
Mortality Review Technical Advisory Group |
|
|
MS |
Mean Score |
|
|
MS |
Mitral Stenosis |
|
|
MS |
Mental Status |
|
|
MSA |
Medical Savings Account |
|
|
MSA |
Medical Statistical Area |
|
|
MSAT |
Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team |
|
|
MSC |
Medicare Status Code |
|
|
MSC |
Message Switching Centers |
|
|
MSG |
Message |
|
|
MSHCM |
Master of Science in Health Care Management |
|
|
MSHIP |
Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Programs |
|
|
MSN |
Medicare Summary Notice |
|
|
MSN |
Master Of Science In Nursing |
|
|
MSOM |
Modernized Systems Operations Manual |
|
|
MSP |
Medicare Secondary Payor |
|
|
MSPFQA |
Medicare Secondary Payer Functional Quality Assurance |
|
|
MSPLS |
Medicare Secondary Payer Litigation Support |
|
|
MSPPAY |
Medicare Secondary Payor Payment Module |
|
|
MSPQA |
Medicare Secondary Payer Quality Assurance |
|
|
MSS |
Medical Social Sevices |
|
|
MSS |
Medicare Statistical System |
|
|
MSSA |
Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus |
|
|
MSSC |
Medicare Systems / State & County |
|
|
MSu |
Midstream Specimen of Urine |
|
|
mt |
metatarsal |
|
|
MTAG |
Medicare Technical Advisory Group |
|
|
MTEA |
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Agenda |
|
|
MTI |
Medicare Telephone Inquiry |
|
|
MTPJ |
Metatarsophalangeal Joint |
|
|
MTS |
Medicare Target Scenario |
|
|
MTSO |
Medical Transcription Service Organization |
|
|
MUA |
Manipulation Under Anaesthetic |
|
|
MUA |
Medically Undeserved Area |
|
|
MUAs |
Medically Underserved Areas |
|
|
MUDS |
Medicare Utilization Data System |
|
|
MuFA |
Mono unsaturated fatty acids |
|
|
MugA |
Multiple-gated arteriography |
|
|
Multip |
Multiparous |
|
|
MUPPET |
Medicare UPdate Processors for Enrollment Transactions |
|
|
MUPs |
Medically Underserved Populations |
|
|
MV |
Mitral Valve |
|
|
MVA |
Mitral Valve Area |
|
|
MVPS |
Medicare Volume Performance Standard |
|
|
MVR |
Mitral Valve Replacement |
|
|
MWM |
Mobilisation with movement |
|
|
MWRS |
Medicare Workload Report System |
|
|
N Engl J Med |
New England Journal of Medicine |
|
|
N&R |
Needs & Requirements |
|
|
N&V |
Nausea & Vomiting |
|
|
N2 |
Nitrogen |
|
|
N2O |
nitrous oxide (anesthetic) |
|
|
Na |
Sodium (Latin ''Natrium'') |
|
|
NA |
Not Applicable |
|
|
NAATP |
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers |
|
|
NABP |
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy |
|
|
NACCHO |
National Association of County and City Health Officials |
|
|
NACDS |
National Association of Chain Drug Stores |
|
|
NACHC |
National Association of Community Health Centers |
|
|
NACHRI |
National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions |
|
|
NaCl |
Sodium Chloride |
|
|
NACRH |
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health |
|
|
NAD |
No Abnormality Detected |
|
|
NADSA |
National Adult Day Services Association, Inc |
|
|
NAg |
Natural apophyseal glide |
|
|
NAHC |
National Association for Home Care and Hospice |
|
|
NAHDO |
National Association of Health Data Organizations |
|
|
NAI |
Non-Accidental Injury |
|
|
NAIC |
National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
|
|
NAIT |
National Alliance for Infusion Therapy |
|
|
NAMCP |
National Association of Managed Care Physicians |
|
|
NAMDRC |
National Association for Medical Directors of Respiratory Care |
|
|
NAMES |
National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers |
|
|
NAMI |
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc. |
|
|
NAP |
National Advisory Council |
|
|
NAPH |
National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems |
|
|
NAPHS |
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems |
|
|
NARA |
National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies |
|
|
NARD |
National Association of Retail Druggists |
|
|
NARF |
National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities |
|
|
NAS |
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
|
|
NASLTCOP |
National Association of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program |
|
|
NASMD |
National Association of State Medicaid Directors |
|
|
NASOP |
National Association of State Ombudsman Programs |
|
|
NAV |
Name and Address Verification |
|
|
NB |
Note Bene |
|
|
NBCH |
National Business Coalition on Health |
|
|
NBFD |
Neville Barnes forceps delivery |
|
|
NBME |
National Board of Medical Examiners |
|
|
NCA |
Nurse Controlled Analgesia |
|
|
NCA |
National Coverage Analysis |
|
|
NCAI |
National Coalition for Adult Immunization |
|
|
Ncal |
National Coalition for Assisted Living |
|
|
NCCLS |
National Council of Clinical Laboratory Services |
|
|
NCCNHR |
National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform |
|
|
NCCR |
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable |
|
|
NCD |
National Coverage Determination |
|
|
Ncgme |
National Council on Graduate Medical Education |
|
|
Nchbpl |
National Claims History Beneficiary Program Liability |
|
|
NCHC |
North Central Health Care |
|
|
NCHC |
National Coalition on Health Care |
|
|
NCHC |
Northern Counties Health Care |
|
|
NCHD |
Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor |
|
|
NCHICA |
North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance |
|
|
NCHLS |
National Council on Health Laboratory Services |
|
|
NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics standards |
|
|
NCHSR |
National Center for Health Services & Research |
|
|
NCI |
National Cancer Institute, USA |
|
|
NCIHC |
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care |
|
|
Ncnhr |
National Coalition on Nursing Home Reform |
|
|
NCOA |
National Council on the Aging |
|
|
NCOA |
National Change Of Address |
|
|
NCP |
National Coverage Policy |
|
|
NCPDP |
National Council of Prescription Drug Programs |
|
|
NCPSSM |
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare |
|
|
NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
|
|
NCQHC |
National Committee for Quality Health Care |
|
|
NCSB |
Neurological, Cognitive, Sensory and Behavorial |
|
|
NCSC |
National Council of Senior Citizens |
|
|
NCVHS |
National Center for Vital and Health Statistics |
|
|
ND |
Naso duodenal |
|
|
NDC |
National Drug Code |
|
|
NDEP |
National Diabetes Education Program |
|
|
NDI |
National Death Index |
|
|
NDMS |
National Disaster Medical System |
|
|
NDPS |
National Drug Pricing System |
|
|
NDR |
National Death Repository |
|
|
Neb |
Nebuliser |
|
|
NEC |
necrotising enterocolitis |
|
|
Neg |
NEGative |
|
|
NEHA |
New England Health Assembly |
|
|
NEJM |
New England Journal of Medicine |
|
|
NESRD |
NonEnd Stage Renal Disease |
|
|
NETT |
National Emphysema Treatment Trial |
|
|
NETZ |
Needle excision of transformation zone |
|
|
Neuro |
Neurological |
|
|
NF |
Nursing Facility |
|
|
NFA |
No Fixed Abode |
|
|
NFID |
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases |
|
|
NFR |
Not for Resuscitation |
|
|
NG |
Nasogastric |
|
|
NGFSFHP |
National Guaranty Fund for SelfFunded Health Plans |
|
|
NGNA |
National Gerontological Nurses Association |
|
|
NH |
Nursing Home |
|
|
NHA |
Nursing Home Administrator |
|
|
NHAC |
National Health Advisory Committee |
|
|
NHB |
National Health Board |
|
|
NHC |
National Healthcare Corporation |
|
|
NHC |
HealthCare Cookeville |
|
|
NHCA |
Northland Health Care Access |
|
|
NHCA |
Natural Health Care Alliance |
|
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NHCA |
National Health Care Affiliates |
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NHCA |
Naperville Health Care Associates |
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NHCAA |
National Health Care AntiFraud Association |
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NHCI |
National Health Care Initiative |
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NHCM |
Nursing and Health Care Management |
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NHCMQ |
Nursing Home Case Mix & Quality Demonstration |
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NHD |
National Healthcare Distributors |
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NHDAC |
National Health Data Advisory Council |
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NHE |
Nation's Health Expenditures |
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NHELP |
National Health Law Program |
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NHI |
National Health Insurance |
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NHI |
Nursing Home Information |
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NHII |
National Health Information Infrastructure |
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NHIP |
National Healthcare Insurance Program |
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NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
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NHL |
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
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NHO |
National Hospice Organization |
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NHSC |
National Health Service Corps |
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NHTA |
Nevada Healthcare Technology Association |
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NIA |
National Institute on Aging |
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NIAID |
National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases |
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NIAMSD |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases |
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NIBP |
Non-Invasive Blood Pressure |
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NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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NICOA |
National Indian Council on Aging |
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NICU |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
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NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health) |
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NIDDKD |
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases |
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NIDR |
National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health) |
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NIEL |
Not in established labour |
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NIF |
National Insurance File |
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NIH |
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH |
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NIMBE |
Not Including Medicare Benefits Exhausted |
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NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
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NIMMS |
National Integrated Medicaid Management System |
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NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (National Institutes of Health) |
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NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
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NIPPV |
Non Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation |
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NIV |
Non Invasive Ventilation |
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NJ |
Nasojejunal |
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NKA |
No Known Allergies |
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NKDA |
No Known Durg Allergies |
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NKF |
National Kidney Foundation |
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NLM |
National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health) |
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NLN |
National League of Nursing |
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NLP |
Neuro-Linguistic Programming. A modern scientific model for communication and self-development. See the NLP section for more information. 'Neuro' refers to the way your brain and senses, interprets and process your experiences. 'Linguistic' refers to the |
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NMAO |
NonMedical Assistance Only |
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NME |
National Medical Enterprises |
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NMEP |
National Medicare Education Program |
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NMES |
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation |
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NMES |
National Medical Expenditure Survey |
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NMFA |
National Medicare Fraud Alert |
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Nmfai |
National Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Institute |
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NMHCC |
National Managed Healthcare Congress Conference |
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NMS |
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome |
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NMUD |
National Medicare Utilization Database |
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NND |
Neonatal Death |
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NNP |
Neonatal Nurse Practition |
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NNWP |
Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy |
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NO |
Number |
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NOA |
Notice of Admission |
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NOCHD |
Notice of Correction Hearing Decision |
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NOCO |
Northeastern Consortium |
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Nocte |
At night |
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NODMAR |
Notice of Discharge & Medicare Appeal Rights |
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NOF |
Neck Of Femur |
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NOI |
Notice of Intent |
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NOK |
Next Of Kin |
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NOMCI |
Notice of Medigap Claim Information |
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NOPA |
Northwest Organ Procurement Agency |
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NP |
Nurse Practitioner |
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NP |
New Patient |
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NP-C |
Nurse Practitioner - Certified |
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NP/PA |
Nurse Practitioners / Physician Assistants |
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NPDB |
National Practitioner Data Bank (medical) |
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NPF |
National Provider File |
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NPI |
National Provider Identifier |
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Npip |
Non Periodic Interim Payment |
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NPL |
No Perception of Light |
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NPO |
Nil per oral |
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Nprm |
National Provider Reimbursement Manual |
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NPRM |
Notice Of Proposed Rule Making |
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NPU |
not passed urine |
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NRA |
National Rifle Association |
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NRC |
National Research Council (Canada) |
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NRM |
Notice of Rule Making |
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NRP |
Network Resource Planning |
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NSAID |
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug |
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NSC |
National Supplier Clearinghouse |
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NSCL cancer |
Non small cell lung cancer |
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NSH |
National Surgical Healthcare |
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NSR |
Normal Sinus Rhythm |
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NSTEMI |
Non ST segment elevated myocardial infarction |
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NTD |
Neural Tube Defect |
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NTH |
NonTransplant Hospital |
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NTRS |
National Therapeutic Recreation Society |
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NTT |
nasotracheal tube |
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nullip |
nulliparous |
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NVA |
NonVeterans Administration |
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NVAC |
National Vaccine Advisory Committee |
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NVP |
National Vaccine Program |
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NWB |
Non Weight Bearing |
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o |
Degrees |
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O&P |
Ova & Parasites |
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o.d |
Once daily |
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O2 |
Oxygen |
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OA |
Osteo-Arthritis |
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OAA |
Older Americans Act |
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OAA |
Old Age Assistance |
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OAHE |
Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineers |
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OASB |
Old Age and Survivors Benefits |
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OASDHI |
Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance |
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OASDHI |
Old Age Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program |
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OASDI |
Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance |
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OASH |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
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OASI |
Old Age & Survivors Insurance |
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OAusc |
On auscultation |
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Obj |
Objective |
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Obs |
Observations |
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occ |
occasional |
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OCC |
Occasionally Connected Computing |
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Occ.Health |
Occupational Health |
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OCD |
Operational Capability Demonstration |
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OCFAA |
Office of Civil Fraud and Administrative Adjudication |
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OCP |
Oral Contraceptive Pill |
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OCPD |
Optichoice peritoneal dialysis |
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OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
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OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
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OD |
OverDose |
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OD |
Occupational Disease |
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ODL |
Outpatient Diagnostic Laboratory |
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OE |
On Examination |
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OFB |
Outpatient Feedback |
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OFC |
Occipitofrontal Circumference |
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OG |
Orogastric |
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OGC |
Office of the General Council |
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Ogd |
Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy |
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OGTT |
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test |
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OHA |
Oral Hypoglycaemic Agent |
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OHCDS |
Organized Health Care Delivery System |
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OHDS |
Office of Human Development Services |
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OHMS |
Occupational Healthcare Management Services |
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OHSS |
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome |
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OHTA |
Office of Health Technology Assessment |
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OHWL |
Oregon Healthcare Workforce Linkage |
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OIC |
Opportunity to Improve Care |
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OIG |
Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services |
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OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
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OLTC |
Other Long Term Care |
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OM |
Obtuse Marginal |
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OMCH |
Office of Maternal and Child health |
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OMESP |
Omnibus Medicare Enrollment System Processor |
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OMG |
Ohio Medical Group |
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OMM |
Office of Medicaid Management |
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OMR |
Optical Mark Reading |
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OMRA |
Other Medicare Required Assessment (US DHHS) |
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Onc |
ONCology |
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ONC |
Oncology Nurse Certified |
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Oosa |
Out of Service Area |
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OP |
Outpatient Pharmacy |
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OP |
Outpatient |
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OP |
Outpatient Psychiatry |
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OP |
Overpayment |
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OPA |
Organ Procurement Agency |
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OPD |
Outpatient Department |
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OPE |
Oral Peripheral Examination |
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OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
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OPO |
Organ Procurement Organization |
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OPPS |
Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
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OPTN |
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network |
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ORF |
Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
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ORHP |
Office of Rural Health Policy |
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ORIF |
Open reduction and internal fixation |
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ORQ |
Outer range quadriceps |
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ORSI |
Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance |
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ORTHO |
Orthopaedics |
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OSH ACT |
Occupational Safety & Health Act |
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OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
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OSHA |
Occupational Health and Safety Administration |
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OSP |
Outpatient Speech Pathology |
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OT |
Occupational Therapy |
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OWL |
Older Women's League |
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P&N |
Pins and needles |
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p.m |
Afternoon |
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p.r.n |
When required |
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P/B |
Provider / Beneficiary |
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PA |
Pulmonary Artery |
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Pa.CO2 |
Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide |
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Pa.O2 |
Partial pressure of arterial oxygen |
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PAC |
Patient Assessment Computerized |
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PAC |
PreAdmission Certification |
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PAC |
Premature Atrial Contraction |
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PAC |
Products of Ambulatory Care |
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PACE |
Physician Assessment and Clinical Evaluation |
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PACE |
Planning, Assigning, Controlling & Evaluating System |
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PACE |
Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly |
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PACEMKR |
Pacemaker System |
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PACS |
Patient Care and Services |
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PADL |
Personal Activities of Daily Living |
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Paeds |
Paediatrics |
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PAF |
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
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PAG |
Policy Advisory Group |
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PAHM |
Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management |
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PAHP |
Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan |
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PAIVM |
Passive accessory intervertebral movements |
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PAL |
Provider Audit List |
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PAL |
Patient Accounting Language |
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papvd |
partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage |
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PAPVR |
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return |
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Para |
Parity |
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PARD |
Provider Audit and Reimbursement Department |
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PARL |
Physician/Supplier Assignment Rate List |
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PART A |
Medicare Hospital Insurance |
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PART B |
Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance |
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PAS |
Premium Accrual Stop |
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PASARR |
Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review |
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PASP |
Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure |
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PAYERID |
Payer Identification |
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PBA |
Part B Advisory |
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PBC |
Premium Billing Code |
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PBP |
Provider Based Physician |
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PBSCH |
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest |
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PC |
Presenting complaint |
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PCA |
Patient-Controlled Analgesia |
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PCA |
Physicians Comparability Allowance |
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PCAS |
Patient Care Algorithm |
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PCCM |
Primary Care Case Management |
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PCCMP |
Primary Care Case Management Provider |
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PCD |
Premium Conversion Date |
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PCDB |
Provider/Contractor Data Base |
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PCE |
Personal Care Expenditures |
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PCEA |
Patient controlled epidural analgesia |
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PCH |
Primary Care Hospital |
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PCI |
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
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PCL |
Posterior Cruciate Ligament |
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PCM |
Palliative Care Management |
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PCP |
Phencyclidine |
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PCP |
Primary Care Paramedic |
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PCP |
Primary Care Physician |
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Pcpr |
Provider Claims Processing Requirements |
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PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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PCRS |
Performance Control Reporting System |
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PCV |
packed cell volume (of blood) |
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PCYA |
Presidential Classroom for Young Americans |
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PD |
Peritoneal Dialysis |
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PD |
Physical Database |
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PDA |
Premium Due Amount |
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PDA |
Posterior Descending Artery |
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PDBO |
Public Disability Benefit Offset |
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PDMA |
Prescription Drug Marketing Act |
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PDOTH |
Prior Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance |
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PDPH |
postdural puncture headaches |
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PDR |
Physician’s Desk Reference |
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PDS |
Peer Data System |
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PDT |
Physical Design Team |
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PE |
pulmonary embolus |
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PEA |
Pulseless Electrical Activity |
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Pearl |
Pupils Equal and Reacting to Light |
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PEB |
Performance Evaluation Board |
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PEBES |
Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement |
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PEBS |
Personal Earnings & Benefit Statement |
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PEBTAG |
Provider Electronic Billing Technical Advisory Group |
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Pec.major |
Pectoralis major |
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PECOS |
Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System |
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PEEP |
positive end expiratory pressure |
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PEFR |
Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (lung Function) |
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PEG |
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy |
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PEJ |
Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy |
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PEM |
Protein Energy Malnutrition |
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PEP |
Partial Episode Payment |
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PEP Mask |
Positive expiratory pressure mask |
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PEPP |
Payment Error Prevention Program |
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PEPPER |
Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program |
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PERT |
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy |
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PET Scan |
Positron emission tomography scan |
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PEW |
PRO Efficiency Workgroup |
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PF |
plantarflexion |
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PFA |
Plain film of abdomen |
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PFCRA |
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
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PFF |
Physician Fee Freeze |
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PFFS |
Private Fee-For-Service |
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PFFS |
Private Fee-For-Service Plan |
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PFH |
Preferred Family Healthcare |
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PFJ |
Patellofemoral Joint |
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PFO |
Patent Foramen Ovale |
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PFR |
Pelvic Floor Repair |
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PFTs |
Pulmonary Function Tests |
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PGE |
Prostaglandin E |
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PH |
Partial Hospitalization |
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PHA |
Purdue Healthcare Advisors |
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PHA |
Pediatric Healthcare Associates |
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Phaco |
Phacoemulsification |
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PHC |
Preferred Health Care |
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PHC |
Plant Health Care Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
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PHC |
Providence Health Care |
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Phce |
Personal Health Care Expenditures |
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PHCH |
Pediatric Health Care Home |
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PHCN |
Preferred Health Care Network |
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Phcp |
Prepaid Health Care Plan |
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PHCP |
Primary Health Care Provider |
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Phdds |
Pro Hospital Discharge Data Set |
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PHEC |
PostHospital Extended Care |
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PHHH |
PostHospital Home Health |
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PHI |
Protected Health Information |
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PHI |
Premium Hospital Insurance |
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PHI |
Personal Health Information |
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Phic |
Partnership for Health Insurance Counseling |
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PHIP |
Pharmacist's Incentive Program |
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PHN |
Public Health Nurse |
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PHOS |
Post Hospital Outcome Study |
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PHP |
Partial Hospitalization Program |
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PHP |
Prepaid Health Plans |
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Phpo |
Prepaid Health Plan Option |
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Phpo |
Private Health Plan Option |
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PHSS |
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society |
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PHT |
Pulmonary Hypertension |
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PHTP |
Priority Health Training Programs |
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Phy/sup |
Physician/Supplier |
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Physio |
Physiotherapy |
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PI |
Pulsatility Index |
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PIA |
Primary Insured Amount |
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PIC |
PRO Intermediary Carrier |
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PICC |
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter |
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PICU |
paediatric intensive care unit |
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PID |
pelvic inflammatory disease |
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PID |
Payer Identification System |
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PIDS |
People or Individual with Disabilities |
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PIG |
Program Integrity Group |
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PIH |
pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome |
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PIHP |
Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan |
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PIIS |
Posterior Inferior Iliac Spine |
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PIMR |
Program Integrity Management Reporting |
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PIN |
Primary Insured Number |
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PIN |
Provider Identification Number |
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PIN |
Physician Identification Number |
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PIP |
Peak Inspiratory Pressure |
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PIP |
Physician Incentive Plan |
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PIPC |
Public Information Program Circular |
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PIPDCG |
Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group |
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PIPJ |
Proximal Interphalangeal Joint |
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PIR |
Periodic Interim Reimbursement |
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PITS |
PRO Information Tracking System |
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PKB |
Prone Knee Bend |
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PKU |
Phenylketonuria |
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PL |
Perception of light |
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PLAD |
Posterior Lip Augmentation Device |
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PLAN |
Protection for Long Term Assistance Needs |
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PLAx |
Parasternal long axis |
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PLIF |
Posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion |
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Plo |
Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy |
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PLTs |
Platelets |
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PMB |
Post Menopausal Bleeding |
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PMC |
Patient Management Categories |
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PME |
Partial Month Eligible |
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PMHA |
Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance's |
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PMHx |
Past Medical History |
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PMMIS |
Program Management and Medical Information System |
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PMs |
Passive movements |
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PN |
parenteral nutrition |
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PNCB |
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board |
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PND |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnoea |
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PNF |
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation |
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PNP |
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner |
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po |
per oral |
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PO |
Post Office |
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PO4 |
Phosphate |
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POA |
Persistant occipito-anterior |
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POC |
Patterns of Care |
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POC |
Plan of Care |
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POCI |
Physician Ownership/Compensation Interest |
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POD |
Progression of Disease |
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POHC |
professional oral health care |
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POHC |
Professional Occupational Health Care |
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POIWD |
People or Individuals with Disabilities |
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POL |
physician office laboratories |
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PON&V |
Post operative nausea & vomiting |
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POP |
Plaster of Paris |
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POR |
Provider Overpayment Report |
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POR |
Provider Overpayment Recovery |
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PORS |
Provider Overpayment Reporting System |
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PORS |
Provider Overpayment Recovery System |
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PORT |
Patient Outcome Research Team |
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PORTs |
Patient Outcome Research Teams |
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POS |
Positive |
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POS |
Patient Opinion Survey |
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post |
Posterior |
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Post Op |
Post operation |
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POT |
Plan of Treatment |
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PP |
Prospective Payment |
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PPA |
Premium Paid Amount |
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Ppac |
Practicing Provider Advisory Council |
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PPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission |
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PPAM aid |
Pneumatic post amputation mobility aid |
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PPC |
Processing Payment Cycle |
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PPG |
Primary Care Physician Groups |
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PPHI |
People's Primary Healthcare Initiative |
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PPHN |
persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
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PPIVM |
Passive physiological intervertebral movements |
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PPLS |
Policy Planning Liaison Staff |
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PPN |
Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition |
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PPO |
Preferred provider organization |
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PPO |
Participating Provider Organization |
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PPO |
peak pepsin output |
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PPR |
Prospective Payment Review |
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|
PPR |
physician payment reform |
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PPR IMI |
Physician Payment Reform Impact Monitoring Initiative |
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PPRC |
Physician Payment Review Commission |
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PPRMS |
Physician Payment Review Monitoring System |
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PPROM |
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes |
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PPRTF |
Physician Payment Reform Task Force |
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PPS |
Proposed Price Setting |
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PPS |
Prospective Payment System |
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Ppsp |
Physician's Primary Sponsor Plan |
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PPV |
Pars Plana Vitrectomy |
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PR |
Per Rectum |
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|
PR |
Peer Review |
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|
PRA |
Per Resident Amount |
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|
PRA |
Percent Reactive Antibody |
|
|
PRAF |
Physician Reviewer Assignment Format |
|
|
Pre Op |
Pre operation |
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|
Prem |
Premature |
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|
Premed |
Premedication |
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|
PRES |
Policy Review and Evaluation Staff |
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|
PRICER |
PPS pricing software for inpatient stays system |
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|
PRM |
Provider Reimbursement Manual |
|
|
PRMDS |
Provider Minimum Data Set |
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|
PRO |
Principal Regional Official |
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|
PRO |
Professional Review Organization |
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|
PRO |
Peer Review Organization |
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|
Pro/fi |
Professional Review Organization/Fiscal Intermediary |
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|
PROM |
Prolonged Rupture of Membranes |
|
|
PROM |
Protocol for Regional Office Monitoring |
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|
PROMPTS |
Peer Review Organization Monitoring Protocol & Tracking System |
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|
PROPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission |
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|
prox |
proximal |
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|
PRP |
Pan Retinal Photocoagulation |
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|
PRP |
Prospective Reimbursement Plan |
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|
PRP |
Provider Reimbursement Profile |
|
|
PRPD |
Payment Reform Policy Development |
|
|
PRRB |
Provider Reimbursement Review Board |
|
|
PRS |
Prepayment Review System |
|
|
PRVC |
Pressure Regulated Volume Control |
|
|
Prvsf |
Provider Summary File |
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|
PRWORA |
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act |
|
|
PS |
Physician Sequential |
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|
PS |
Pulmonary Stenosis |
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|
PS&RR |
Provider Statistical & Reimbursement Report |
|
|
PSA |
Prostatic specific antigen |
|
|
PSAF |
Physician/Supplier Action File |
|
|
PSAx |
Parasternal short axis |
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|
PSC |
Program Service Center (Social Security Administration) |
|
|
PSF |
Provider Specific File |
|
|
PSGH |
Policy Standards and Guidelines Handbook |
|
|
PSIS |
Posterior Superior Iliac Spine |
|
|
PSM |
Physician Summary Master |
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|
PSO |
Physician Security Officer |
|
|
PSO |
Provider Sponsored Organization |
|
|
PSOR |
Physician Supplier Overpayment Recovery |
|
|
PSP |
Provider/Supplier Service Plan |
|
|
PSPRICE |
Physician Fee Schedule System |
|
|
PSR |
Provider Statistics & Reimbursement Report |
|
|
PSRB |
Performance Standards Review Board |
|
|
PSRO |
Performance Standards Review Organization |
|
|
PSRO |
Physician Service Review Organization |
|
|
PSRS |
Provider Statistical and Reimbursement System |
|
|
PSV |
Pressure support ventilation |
|
|
PSW |
Psychiatric Social Worker |
|
|
PSWD |
Pulsed Short-Wave Diathermy |
|
|
PT |
Prothrombin Time |
|
|
PTA |
Post Traumatic Amnesia |
|
|
PTA |
Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty |
|
|
PTA |
Prior To Admission |
|
|
PTAC |
Premium Target Advisory Commission |
|
|
PTAMUS |
Part A Medicare Utilization System |
|
|
PTAPTT |
Part A Processing Times Tabulation |
|
|
PTB |
Patella Tendon Bearing |
|
|
PTS |
Provider Terminal System |
|
|
PTSD |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
|
|
PTT |
Partial Thromboplastin Time |
|
|
PTTk |
Partial thromboplastin time kaolin |
|
|
PU |
passed urine |
|
|
PU/ME/DE |
Public Use / Medical Effectiveness / Demonstration & Evaluation |
|
|
PUD |
Peptic Ulcer Disease |
|
|
Pudi |
Prior Unqualifing Disabled Indicator |
|
|
PuJ |
Pelvic-ureteric junction |
|
|
Pul.V |
Pulmonary veins |
|
|
Pul.VI |
Pulmonary vein isolation |
|
|
Pulsed SWD |
Pulsed short wave diathermy |
|
|
PUP |
Provider Update Operation |
|
|
PUSH |
People United To Save Healthcare |
|
|
PV |
Per Vagina |
|
|
PVB |
Provider Bills |
|
|
PVC |
Premature Ventricular Contraction |
|
|
PVD |
Peripheral Vascular Disease |
|
|
Pvl |
Periventricular Leucomalacia |
|
|
PWB |
Partial Weight Bearing |
|
|
PWD |
Persons With Disabilities |
|
|
PWD |
Posterior Wall in Diastole |
|
|
PWH |
Professional Women in Healthcare |
|
|
PWS |
Posterior wall in systole |
|
|
Q&A |
Questions & Answers |
|
|
q.12.h |
Every twelve hours |
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|
q.4.h |
Every four hours |
|
|
q.6.h |
Every six hours |
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|
q.d |
Once daily |
|
|
q.d.s |
Four times daily |
|
|
q.i.d |
Four times daily |
|
|
q.q.h |
Every four hours |
|
|
QAHB |
Quality Assurance Program Handbook |
|
|
QAPI |
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program |
|
|
QARI |
Quality Assurance Reform Initiative |
|
|
QDWI |
Qualified Disabled and Working Individual |
|
|
QHO |
Quality Healthcare Options |
|
|
QI |
Quality Indicator |
|
|
QI |
Qualifying Individual |
|
|
QIO |
Quality Improvement Organization |
|
|
QMB |
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary |
|
|
QMRP |
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional |
|
|
Quads |
quadriceps |
|
|
Quic |
Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force |
|
|
QWDI |
Qualified Working Disabled Individuals |
|
|
RA |
Right Atrium |
|
|
RA |
Regional Administrator |
|
|
RA |
Risk Assessment |
|
|
RAC |
Reimbursement Advisory Committee |
|
|
RAD |
Respiratory Assist Device |
|
|
RADARS |
Ranking and Data Analysis Reporting System |
|
|
RAN |
Rural Area Computer Network |
|
|
RAP |
Request for Anticipated Payment |
|
|
RAP |
Request for Accelerated Payment |
|
|
Raps |
Resident Assessment Protocol System |
|
|
RASC |
Regional Administrative Support Center |
|
|
RBBB |
Right Bundle Branch Block |
|
|
RBG |
Random Blood Glucose |
|
|
RC |
Roman Catholic |
|
|
RC |
Regional Carrier |
|
|
RC |
Reasonable Charge |
|
|
RCA |
Right Coronary Artery |
|
|
RCC |
Red Cell Concentrate |
|
|
RCC |
Ratio of Cost to Charges |
|
|
RCCAC |
Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs |
|
|
RCJ |
Radio-carpal joint |
|
|
RCN |
Registered Childrens Nurse |
|
|
RCT |
Registered Care Technologist |
|
|
RCT |
Randomized Clinical Trials |
|
|
RD |
Retinal Detachment |
|
|
RDF |
Renal Dialysis Facility |
|
|
RDS |
Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
|
|
RE |
Reasonable Expectancies |
|
|
Re.-ed |
Re-educate |
|
|
REACH |
Research Education And Access To Charitable Healthcare |
|
|
Rebus |
Renal Beneficiary and Utilization System |
|
|
rec'd |
received |
|
|
Recom |
Recommended |
|
|
Recoup |
Recovery of Unpaid Premiums |
|
|
REE |
intake/resting energy expenditure |
|
|
reg |
Registrar |
|
|
Rehab |
Rehabilitation Evaluation Hall and Baker |
|
|
REM |
Rapid Eye Movement |
|
|
Remas |
Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System |
|
|
REMIS |
Renal Management Information System |
|
|
Reps |
Repetitions |
|
|
REV |
Revision |
|
|
RFA |
Radio Frequency Ablation |
|
|
RFI |
Recurrence-free Interval |
|
|
RFP |
Right Frontoposterior |
|
|
RGN |
Registered General Nurse |
|
|
Rh |
Rhesus factor |
|
|
RH |
Rural Hospital |
|
|
RHA |
RHeumatoid Arthritis |
|
|
RHC |
Rural Health Center |
|
|
RHC |
Rural Health Clinic |
|
|
RHC |
Rural Health Claim |
|
|
RHC |
Ramsay Health Care |
|
|
RHC |
Rural Health Care |
|
|
RHCC |
Rural Health Care Corporation |
|
|
RHCD |
Rescue Health Care Day |
|
|
RHCD |
Rural Health Care District |
|
|
RHCD |
Redbud Health Care District |
|
|
RHCD |
Rural Health Care Division USAC) |
|
|
RHHI |
Regional Home Health Intermediary |
|
|
Rhhipep |
Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation Program |
|
|
RHIR |
Resident Health Insurance Representative |
|
|
RHP |
Regional Healthcare Partnership |
|
|
RHP |
Rebundling of Hospital Payment |
|
|
RHS |
Right height sensation |
|
|
RI |
Regional Intermediary |
|
|
RICE |
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. (For the treatment of certain leg and foot injuries.) |
|
|
Rif |
Right Iliac Fossa Pain |
|
|
RIg |
Radiology inserted gastrostomy |
|
|
RIH |
Right Inguinal Hernia |
|
|
RIP |
Rest in Peace |
|
|
Risi |
Renal Insured Status Indicator |
|
|
RLQ |
Right Lower Quadrant |
|
|
RM |
Registered Midwife |
|
|
RMA |
Refugee Medical Assistance |
|
|
RMAPS |
Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System |
|
|
Rmfa |
Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert |
|
|
RMRP |
Regional Medical Review Policy |
|
|
RN |
Registered Nurse |
|
|
RNHCI |
Religious NonMedical 477 Institution |
|
|
RNI |
Reference Nutrient Intake |
|
|
RNID |
Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability |
|
|
RNNP |
Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner |
|
|
RNP |
Registered Nurse Prescriber |
|
|
RNT |
Registered Nurse Tutor |
|
|
RO |
Regional Office |
|
|
RO |
Removal of |
|
|
roa |
right occipitoanterior |
|
|
ROAM |
ROAR Master |
|
|
ROAMS |
Regional Office Appeals Management System |
|
|
ROAR |
Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System |
|
|
ROAR |
Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care Operations |
|
|
Rocl |
Regional Office Contractor Letter |
|
|
ROF |
Regional Office Flag |
|
|
ROL |
Right occipito-lateral |
|
|
ROM |
Range of Movement |
|
|
ROM |
Range Of Motion |
|
|
ROM |
Regional Office Manual |
|
|
ROMGRS |
Regional Office Managers |
|
|
ROP |
Right Occipito-Posterior |
|
|
ROPES |
Regional Office Performance Evaluation System |
|
|
ROPO |
Regional Office Project Officer |
|
|
ROS |
Removal of Sutures |
|
|
Rostar |
Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement |
|
|
Rot |
Rotation |
|
|
Roug |
Regional Office Users Group |
|
|
RPA |
Renal Physicians Association |
|
|
Rpbc |
Rejected Provider Bill Control |
|
|
Rpch |
Regional Primary Care Hospital |
|
|
RPCH |
Rural Primary Care Hospital |
|
|
RPN |
Registered Psychiatric Nurse |
|
|
RPO |
Regional Personnel Officer |
|
|
RQ |
Respiratory Quotient |
|
|
RR |
respiratory |
|
|
RR |
Respiratory Rate |
|
|
RRB |
Railroad Retirement Board |
|
|
RRC |
Rural Referral Centers |
|
|
RRot |
Right rotation |
|
|
RRT |
Renal Replacement Therapy |
|
|
RSA |
Right Sacroanterior |
|
|
RSD |
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy |
|
|
RSDHI |
Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance |
|
|
RSDI |
Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance |
|
|
RSF |
Renal Services Facility |
|
|
RSF |
Right side flexion |
|
|
RSI |
Retirement and Survivors Insurance |
|
|
RSI |
Repetitive Strain Injury |
|
|
RSLy |
Right side lying |
|
|
RSO |
right salpingo-oophorectomy |
|
|
RSP |
Right Sacroposterior |
|
|
RSV |
Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
|
|
RSVP |
Retired Senior Volunteer Project |
|
|
RT |
Respiratory Therapy |
|
|
RT |
Radiotherapy |
|
|
RTA |
Road Traffic Accident (British) |
|
|
RTI |
Respiratory Tract Infection |
|
|
RTI |
Return to Intermediary |
|
|
RTP |
Return to Provider |
|
|
RTS |
Raised Toilet Seat |
|
|
RTW |
Returned to ward |
|
|
RUJ |
Radioulnar Joint |
|
|
RUNT |
RRB Universal RIC |
|
|
RUQ |
Right Upper Quadrant |
|
|
RV |
Review |
|
|
RV |
Right Ventricle |
|
|
RVDV |
Right ventricle diastolic volume |
|
|
RVF |
Right Ventricular Failure |
|
|
RVH |
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy |
|
|
RVOT |
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract |
|
|
RVOTO |
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction |
|
|
RVSP |
Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure |
|
|
RVSV |
Right ventricle systolic volume |
|
|
RX |
Treatment |
|
|
RZF |
Rollator zimmer frame |
|
|
s |
second (do NOT use "sec" for "second;" use "sec" for "secant") |
|
|
S&P |
Syringing and probing |
|
|
S/HMO |
Social Health Maintenance Organization |
|
|
SA |
Spinal anaesthetic |
|
|
sa |
Scheduled Allowance |
|
|
SA |
State Agency |
|
|
SACP |
Society for Ambulatory Care Professionals |
|
|
SAD |
Seasonal Affective Disorder |
|
|
SAD |
Service Area Directory |
|
|
SADMERC |
Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier |
|
|
SAEP |
State Agency Evaluation Plan |
|
|
SAH |
Sub Arachnoid Haemorrhage |
|
|
SAH |
Society for the Arts in Healthcare |
|
|
saha |
Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance |
|
|
Sahd |
Staff Assisted Home Dialysis |
|
|
SALT |
Suspensions & Life Terminations System |
|
|
Samhsa |
Supstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
|
|
SAMSHA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
|
|
Sao2 |
Arterial Oxygen Saturation |
|
|
SAP |
Symptom-Associated Probability |
|
|
SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
|
|
SASH |
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare |
|
|
SB |
Seen by |
|
|
SBA |
Stand-by assistance |
|
|
SBBE |
Small bowel barium enema |
|
|
SBC |
School Based Clinics |
|
|
SBE |
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis |
|
|
SBFT |
Small Bowel Follow Through |
|
|
SBI |
State Buy In |
|
|
SBIGPPP |
State BuyIn Group Practice Prepayment Plan |
|
|
SBR |
Serum bilirubin rate |
|
|
SBRS |
SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE |
|
|
SC |
Subcutaneous |
|
|
SCACA |
Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act |
|
|
SCBU |
Special Care Baby Unit |
|
|
SCC |
Spinal cord compression |
|
|
SCD |
Sickle Cell Disease |
|
|
SCH |
Sole Community Hospitals |
|
|
SCH |
Sole Community Hospital |
|
|
SCHIP |
State Child Health Insurance Program |
|
|
SCIC |
Significant Change in Condition |
|
|
SCIDS |
Severe combined immune deficiency syndrome |
|
|
SCIP |
Statewide Centre for Improvement of Palliative Care |
|
|
scj |
Sternoclavicular Joint |
|
|
SCL cancer |
Small cell lung cancer |
|
|
SCM muscle |
Sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle |
|
|
SCORE |
Service Corps Of Retired Executives |
|
|
SDO |
Servicing District Office |
|
|
SDP |
Single Drug Pricer |
|
|
SE |
Selenium |
|
|
Secretary |
Secretary of Health and Human Services |
|
|
SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |
|
|
Self |
Secretary's Executive Leadership Forum |
|
|
SEP |
Special Enrollment Period |
|
|
SEPSC |
Southeastern Program Service Center |
|
|
Sev DP |
Severely Disabled Person |
|
|
SF-36 |
Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey |
|
|
SF6 |
Sulphurhexaflouride |
|
|
SFD |
Small for Dates |
|
|
SFRO |
SanFrancisco Regional Office |
|
|
SG |
Surgeon General |
|
|
SGA |
small for gestational age |
|
|
SGA |
Substantial Gainful Activity |
|
|
SHARP |
Supplemental Healthcare Adventist Retirement Plans |
|
|
SHC |
Select 477 |
|
|
SHCC |
State Health Coordinating Council |
|
|
SHCE |
Supplemental Health Care Exhibit |
|
|
SHEA |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America |
|
|
SHEP |
Survey Of Healthcare Experiences Of Patients |
|
|
SHI |
Supplemental Health Insurance |
|
|
SHINE |
Serving Health Information Needs of Elders |
|
|
SHIP |
Senior Health Insurance Program |
|
|
SHIP |
State Health Insurance Assistance Program |
|
|
SHIP |
Supplemental Health Insurance Plan |
|
|
SHIP |
Supplemental Health Insurance Programs |
|
|
SHL |
Sonic Healthcare Limited |
|
|
Shn |
State Health Notes |
|
|
SHN |
Safer Healthcare Now! |
|
|
SHO |
Senior house officer (UK) |
|
|
SHPDA |
State Health Planning and Development Agency |
|
|
SHS |
Society for Health Systems |
|
|
SHx |
Social History |
|
|
SI |
Single Intermediary |
|
|
SIC |
State Insurance Commission |
|
|
SIC |
Self-intermittent catheterisation |
|
|
Sice |
Social Insurance Claims Examiner |
|
|
SIDS |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
|
|
SIJ |
Sacroiliac Joint |
|
|
SIMV |
Synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation |
|
|
SIR |
System Improvement Request |
|
|
Sitt |
Sitting |
|
|
SJH |
St Joseph Healthcare |
|
|
SL |
Sensory Level |
|
|
sle |
Systemic Lupus Erythematous |
|
|
SLHT |
South London Healthcare Trust |
|
|
SLIMB |
Specified LowIncome Medicare Beneficiary |
|
|
SLIP-A |
Supplemental Low Income Patient Adjustment |
|
|
SLMB |
Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary |
|
|
SLR |
Straight Leg Raise |
|
|
SLT |
Speech and Language Therapy |
|
|
SM |
Staff Midwife |
|
|
SMART |
System for MSP Automated Recovery and Tracking |
|
|
smd |
Submucosal diathermy |
|
|
Smda |
State Medicaid Directors Association |
|
|
SMG |
State Medicaid Group |
|
|
SMHC |
Southern Maine Health Care |
|
|
SMHD |
Southern Mono Healthcare District |
|
|
SMI |
Standardized Medreview Instrument |
|
|
SMI |
Supplementary Medical Insurance |
|
|
SMIB |
Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits |
|
|
SMM |
State Medicaid Manual |
|
|
SMQC |
System for Monitoring Quality of Care |
|
|
SMR |
Sub-mucosal resection |
|
|
SMRF |
State Medicaid Research Files |
|
|
SMURF |
State Medicaid Uniform Research File |
|
|
SN |
Staff Nurse |
|
|
SNAG |
Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides |
|
|
SNC |
Skilled Nursing Care |
|
|
Sncris |
Skilled Nursing Cost Reporting Information System |
|
|
sNCT |
Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold |
|
|
SNF |
Skilled Nursing Facility |
|
|
SNFMDS |
SNF Minimum Data Set |
|
|
SNIP |
Strategic National Implementation Process |
|
|
SNP |
Special Needs Plan |
|
|
Snps |
Special Needs Plans |
|
|
SNR |
Senior National Representative |
|
|
SOAP |
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
|
|
SOB |
Statement of Benefits |
|
|
SOBAR |
Shortness of breath at rest |
|
|
SOBOE |
Shortness of Breath on Exertion |
|
|
Soc.Hx |
Social history |
|
|
SOCO |
Southeastern Consortium |
|
|
SOP |
Status of Provider |
|
|
Sor |
Section Operating Report |
|
|
SP |
Supra pubic |
|
|
Spectrum |
State Performance Evaluation and Comprehensive Test of Reimbursement Under Medicaid |
|
|
SpR |
Specialist registrar (UK) |
|
|
SR |
Sinus Rhythm |
|
|
SRF |
Sub retinal fluid |
|
|
SROM |
Spontaneous rupture of membrane |
|
|
SS |
Social Security |
|
|
SSA |
Social Security Administration |
|
|
SSA |
State Survey Agency |
|
|
ssa |
Social Security actuaries |
|
|
Ssaccs |
Ssa Claims Control System |
|
|
SSARA |
SSA Reform Act of 1994 |
|
|
SSB |
Social Security Board |
|
|
SSD |
Source to skin distance |
|
|
SSDI |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
|
|
SSG |
Split Skin Graft |
|
|
ssh |
Short Stay Hospital |
|
|
SSH |
Society for Simulation in Healthcare |
|
|
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
|
|
SSIPML |
Second State Issuing Professional Medical License |
|
|
SSM |
Senior Staff Midwife |
|
|
ssn |
Senior Staff Nurse |
|
|
SSN |
Social Security Number |
|
|
SSO |
Social Security Office |
|
|
SSOP |
Second Surgical Opinion Program |
|
|
SSP |
Strategic Systems Platform |
|
|
SSPE |
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis |
|
|
Sspml |
Second State Professional Medical License |
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SSR |
Social Security Rulings |
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ST |
Sinus Tachycardia (cardiac) |
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STAH |
Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy |
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STAR |
Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement |
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STAR |
Systems Test for Alternative Reimbursement |
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STAT |
Immediately (from Latin statim) |
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Stats |
Statistics |
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STD |
Short-term disability |
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STD |
sexually transmitted disease |
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STD |
Short Term Disability |
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Std.M |
Student Midwife |
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Std.N |
Student Nurse |
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Std.PHN |
Student Public Health Nurse |
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STEMI |
ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
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STI |
sexually transmitted infection |
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STJ |
Sub-talor joint |
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STM |
Short Term Memory |
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STNR |
Symmetric Tonic Neck Reflex |
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STR |
Soft Tissue Release |
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Su.R |
Suburethral repair |
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SUBC |
State Uniform Billing Committee |
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SUI |
Stress Urinary Incontinence |
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SUP |
Superior Industries International, Inc. |
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SUP |
Superior |
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SURG |
Surgical |
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SV |
Self-ventilating |
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SVC |
Superior Vena Cava |
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SVCO |
Superior Vena Cava Obstruction |
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SVD |
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery |
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SVES |
State Verification and Exchange System |
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SVRA |
Self-ventilating on room air |
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SVT |
Supra Ventricular Tachycardia |
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SW |
Social Worker |
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SWD |
Shortwave diathermy |
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SWETZ |
Short wire excision of transformation zone |
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swh |
South West Healthcare |
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t.d.s |
Three times daily |
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t.i.d |
Three Times Daily |
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T1 |
Title I of the Social Security Act |
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T10 |
Title X of the Social Security Act |
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T14 |
Title XIV of the Social Security Act |
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T16 |
Title XVI of the Social Security Act |
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T18 |
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act |
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T19 |
Title XIX of the Social Security Act |
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T1DM |
Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus |
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T2 |
Title II of the Social Security Act |
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T2DM |
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
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T2R |
Title II Redesign |
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T4 |
Title IV of the Social Security Act |
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TA |
Tendon of achilles |
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TA |
Technology Assessment |
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tac |
Toxicant Analysis Center |
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TAH |
Total Abdominal Hysterectomy |
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tap |
Terminal Acquisition Project |
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TAPVD |
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage |
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TAPVR |
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return |
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tar |
Total Ankle Replacement |
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Tarde |
In the evening |
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TB |
Tuberculosis |
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TBC |
Tuberculin bacillus culture |
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TBD |
To Be Determined |
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TBG |
true blood glucose |
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TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
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TBL |
Total blood loss |
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TBW |
Tension Band Wiring |
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Tc.D |
Transcerebral diameter |
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TCI |
To Come In (hospital appointments) |
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TCM |
Transcutaneous monitoring |
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TCOM |
Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring |
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TCPO2 |
Transcutaneous Oxygen Pressure |
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tcre |
Transcervical resection of endometrium |
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TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
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TDOC |
Total Days of Care |
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TEDH |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Hospital Insurance |
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TEDs |
Thrombo-embolic deterrent stockings |
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TEDS |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
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TEE |
Total Energy Expenditure |
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TEMP |
Temperature |
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TENS |
placebo-transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
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TEP |
Tracheoesophageal Puncture |
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TER |
Total Elbow Replacement |
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TES |
Therapeutic endoscopic sialalendoscopy |
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TF |
transfer |
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TFA |
Trans fatty acids |
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TFTs |
thyroid function tests |
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TFVT |
Tension free vaginal tape |
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TGA |
transposition of the great arteries |
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th |
Teaching Hospitals |
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thca |
Texas Health Care Association |
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THCA |
Tennessee Health Care Association |
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THD |
Total Hospice Days |
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THE |
Trailblazers Health Enterprises, Inc. (MD component of TX BC/BS) |
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THR |
Total Hip Replacement |
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TIA |
Transient Ischaemic Attack |
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Tib.& Fib |
Tibia & Fibula |
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TIBC |
Total Iron Binding Capacity |
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TICH |
Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage |
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Tidal PD |
Tidal peritoneal dialysis |
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TIPPS |
Test of Intermediary Prospective Payment System |
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TITLE I |
Grants to States for old age assistance & medical assistance for the aged |
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TITLE II |
Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits |
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TITLE IV |
Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with children |
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TITLE X |
Grants to States for aid to the blind |
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TITLE XIV |
Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled |
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TITLE XIX |
Grants to States for medical assistance programs |
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TITLE XVIII |
Health Insurance |
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TITLE XX |
State operated home 477 entitlement program |
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TITLE XXI |
State Child Health Programs |
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TITs |
Trimming of Inferior Turbinates |
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TKR |
Total Knee Replacement |
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TL |
Tubal Ligation |
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TM |
Tympanic Membrane |
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TMA |
Transitional Medical Assistance |
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TMD |
Thyromental Distance |
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tmj |
Temperomandibular Joint |
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Tmp |
Transmembrane Pressure |
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TMR |
Transmyocardial Revascularization |
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tnhp |
Teaching Nursing Home Program |
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TOE |
Trans oesophageal echocardiogram |
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TOF |
Tracheoesophageal fistula |
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TOP |
Type of Provider |
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TOP |
Termination Of Pregnancy |
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TOPS |
Transitional Outpatient Payments System |
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TORCH |
Toxoplasmosis Other Rubella Cytomegalovirus Herpes |
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TOS |
Type Of Service |
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TP |
Third Party |
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TPA |
Tissue Plasminogen Activator |
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TPA |
Third Party Administrator |
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TPAO |
Third Party Annotation Operation |
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Tpbest |
Third Party Billing Extract Statistical Totals |
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Tpblast |
Third Party Buyin Liability Accretions for Screening and Taping |
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TPCH |
Third Party Code for Hospital Insurance |
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TPCS |
Third Party Code for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
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TPDB |
Third Party Data Base |
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TPEXLAX |
Third Party Expel Lapsed, Antiquated & XR Records |
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TPF |
Third Party File |
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tpg |
Third Party Groups |
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TPHA |
Teponema pallidum haemagglutination |
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TPL |
Third-Party Liability |
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TPLAB |
Third Party List Agency Billing |
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TPM |
Third Party Master |
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TPN |
Total Parenteral Nutrition |
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TPO |
Treatment, Payment, Operations |
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Tppayd |
Third Party Payment Data |
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Tppc |
Third Party Premium Collection |
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Tppg |
Third Party Private Group |
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TPQY |
Third Party Query System |
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TPR |
Third Party Record |
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Tprp |
Third Party Rules Processor |
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TR |
Tricuspid Regurgitation |
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TRACE |
Third Party Recovery Audit Coordinated Effort |
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TRACHY |
Tracheostomy |
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TRH |
thyrotrophin releasing hormone |
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Trigs |
Triglycerides |
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TRPBETA |
Third Party BuyIn Exceptions for TP Agencies |
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Ts.& As |
Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy |
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TSG |
The Surgeon General |
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TSH |
thyroid stimulating hormone |
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TSpine |
Thoracic spine |
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TSR |
Total Shoulder Replacement |
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TTDH |
Third Party Termination Date for Hospital Insurance |
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TTDS |
Third Party Termination Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
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TTN |
transient tachypnoea of the newborn |
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TTWB |
Toe Touch Weight Bearing |
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TTY |
Text Telephones |
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TuAg |
Timed up and go test |
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TuRBT |
Transurethral resection of bladder tumour |
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TURP |
Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate |
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TV |
Tricuspid Valve |
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TVI |
tissue velocity imaging |
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TVS |
Transvaginal scan |
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TWWIA |
Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Act |
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U&E |
urea and electrolytes (blood test) |
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UA |
Urinalysis |
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UAC |
Umbilical Arterial Catheter |
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UAHC |
United American Healthcare Corporation |
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UAMCDS |
Uniform Ambulatory Medical Care Data Set |
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UBW |
Usual Body Weight |
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uc |
Urinary Catheter |
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uchd |
User-centred healthcare design |
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UD |
Ulnar deviation |
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ufh |
United Family Healthcare |
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UHA |
University HealthCare Alliance |
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UHC |
United Health Care |
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UHCIA |
Uniform 477 Information Act |
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UHCP |
United Healthcare Community Plan |
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UHDDS |
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set |
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uhe |
Utah Healthcare Executives |
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UHG |
Unified Healthcare Group (Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) |
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UHIN |
Utah Health Information Network |
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UHIP |
Urban Healthcare Initiative Program |
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UHIS |
Unbundling of Hospital Inpatient Services |
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UHP |
United Health Plan |
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UHP |
Unbundling of Hospital Payment |
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UL |
Upper Limb |
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ULTT |
Upper Limb Tension Test |
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UMO |
Utilization Management Organization |
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UMW |
United Mine Workers |
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UNCEFACT |
United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce, and Transport |
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UNEDIFACT |
United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport |
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UNIBILL |
Uniform Bill (Intermediary Submitted Files of Processed Medicare Provider Bills) |
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UO |
Urinary Output |
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UPIN |
Unique Physician Identification Number |
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UPL |
Upper Payment Limit |
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UPPP |
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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UPS |
United Parcel Service, Inc. |
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URC |
Utilization Review Coordinator |
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URO |
Utilization Review Organization |
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URTI |
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection |
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US |
Ultrasound |
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usps |
United States Postal Services |
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USRDS |
United States Renal Data System |
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USS |
ultrasound scan |
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uST |
ultrasound therapy |
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UTI |
Urinary Tract Infection |
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UVC |
Umbilical Venous Catheter |
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UVJ |
Ureterovesical Junction |
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uWSD |
underwater seal drain |
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V. Fib |
Ventricular fibrillation |
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VA |
Visual Acuity |
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VAD |
Ventricular Assist Device |
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VADATS |
Veterans Administration Data Automatic Transmission System |
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VAS |
Visual Analogue Scale |
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VBAC |
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean |
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VBG |
Venous Blood Gas |
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VC |
Volume Control |
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VCJD |
Variant Crutzfeldt Jakob Disease |
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VE |
Ventricular ectopics |
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VEG |
Vegetable |
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VEPs |
Visual evoked potentials |
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VFu |
Videofluoroscopy |
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VHA |
Victorian Healthcare Association |
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VHI |
Voluntary Health Insurance |
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VIA |
By Means Of (By Way Of) |
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VICP |
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program |
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VIN |
Vulval Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
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VIP |
Voucher Insurance Plan |
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VISION |
Vital Information System to Improve Outcomes in Nephrology |
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Vits |
Vitamins |
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vl |
Vision, Left |
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VLCD |
Very Low Calorie Diet |
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vma |
Vanillymadelic Acid |
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VML |
Vastus Medialis Longus |
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VMO |
Vastus Medialis Oblique |
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VMS |
Viable Information Processing Systems Medicare System |
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VNA |
Visiting Nurses Association |
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VOL |
Volume |
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VPAC |
Variable Premium Amount Collectable |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network (ATM) |
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VQ |
Ventilation perfusion quotient |
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vr |
Vision, Right |
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VRA |
Veteran's Readjustment Appointment |
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VRE |
Vancomycin resistant enteroccocus |
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VRU |
Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit |
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vs |
Volume Support |
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VSB |
Videostroboscopy |
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VSD |
Ventricular Septal Defect |
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VT |
Very Terminal |
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VVF |
Vesico vaginal fistula |
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Vvs |
Varicose Veins |
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vx |
Vertex |
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VZIG |
Varicella-Zoster Immune Globulin |
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W.chair |
Wheelchair |
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W.end |
Weekend |
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W4O |
Women 4 Oncology |
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WA |
Working Aged |
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WAR |
Working Aged Recovery |
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WB |
Weight Bearing |
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WBC |
Whole blood count |
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wc |
Water Closet (in building plans) |
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WCC |
White Cell Count |
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Weco |
Western Consortium |
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wfd |
Word Finding Difficulties |
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WFHC |
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's |
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WFL |
Within Functional Limits |
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WHCC |
World Health Care Congress |
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WHCOA |
White House Conference on Aging |
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WHCRA |
Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act |
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WHNP |
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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whss |
World Healthcare Students Symposium |
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WIC |
Women, Infant & Children Program |
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WIH |
Women's Integrated Healthcare |
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WL |
Waiting List |
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WNPSC |
Western Program Service Center |
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wocn |
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses |
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WPC |
Washington Publishing Company |
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WPWS |
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome |
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wr |
Ward Round |
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WT |
Weight |
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wth |
West Tennessee Healthcare's |
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WZF |
Wheeled Zimmer Frame |
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x-match |
crossmatch |
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x/12 |
Where x = number of months |
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x/24 |
Where x = number of hours |
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x/52 |
Where x = number of weeks |
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x/7 |
Where x = number of days |
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x2 |
Twice |
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XA |
Extended Architecture (MVS) |
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XIV |
Title 14 Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled |
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XIX |
Title 19 Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs |
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XIXED |
Title 19 Entitlement Date |
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XVI |
Title 16 Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled or Aid & Medical Assistance for the |
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XVIII |
Title 18 Medicare |
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XX |
Title 20 State operated home hea lth care entitlement program |
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XXI |
Title 21 State Child Health Program |
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Y2K |
Year 2000 |
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YO |
Year Old |
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YOB |
Year Of Birth |
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YPH |
Young Professionals in Healthcare |
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YR |
Year |
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YRBSS |
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System |
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YYYY |
Four-Digit Year |
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ZF |
Zimmer Frame |
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ZIP 4 |
9 digit ZIP Code Plan |
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ZN |
Zinc |
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ZN Stain |
Ziehl Neelsen stain |
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