| 2DE | 2 D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
| AA | AORTIC AREA |
| AAA | ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM |
| AAION | Arteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy |
| AANA | American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
| AANEM | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE |
| AAR | ALT AST RATIO |
| AB | AS BEFORE |
| ABI | ANKLE-BRACHIAL DISEASE |
| ABP | Abductor Pollicis Brevis |
| ABPA | allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
| ABPM | AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING |
| ABR | Auditory Brainstem Response |
| AC | BEFORE MEALS |
| ACAS | Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Surgery |
| ACC | AMERICAN COLLEGE OR CARDIOLOGY |
| ACE | ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME |
| ACEI | ANGIOTENSIN COVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR |
| ACL | ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
| ACT | 1. ACTIVATED COAGULATION (CLOTTING) TIME
2. AMBULATORY CARDIAC TELEMETRY MONITOR (EVENT MONITOR) |
| ADD | ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER |
| ADH | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE |
| ADL | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
| ADM | ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI |
| ADMA | Asymmetric dimethyl arginine |
| ADPKD | AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| ADQ | ABDUCTOR DIGITI QUINTI |
| AE | ANNUAL EXAM |
| AED | 1. ANNUAL EXAMINATION DATE
2. ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUGS |
| AFO | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
| AG | ANION GAP |
| AGE | ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS |
| AH | ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS |
| AHD | adductor hallucis |
| AHEC | Advanced Health Education Center |
| AHI | APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX |
| AHIP | America’s Health Insurance Plans |
| AII | ANGIOTENSIN II |
| AION | Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy |
| AIUM | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE |
| AIVR | ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM |
| AK | ACTINIC KERATOSIS |
| AKA | ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATIONS |
| AKBA | acetyl-keto-beta-boswellic acid |
| AKS | ANTI KICK BACK STATUTE |
| ALA | ALPHA-linolenic acid (ALA) (OMEGA-3) |
| ALK | Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) procedure |
| AMA | AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE |
| AMD | ADVANCED MACULAR DEGENERATION |
| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACH |
| AML | ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
| AML | ANGIOMYOLIPOMA |
| AMPPE | ACUTE MULTIPLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY |
| ANA | ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODY |
| ANS | AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| AO | AORTA |
| AODM | ADULT ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS |
| AOSD | ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE |
| AP | ANGINA PECTORIS |
| APAP | AutoPAP or AutoCPAP. AUTO ADJUSTING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE. |
| APCR | activated protein C resistance |
| APN | ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS |
| APRN | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse |
| APVA | ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT |
| AR | AORTIC REGURGITATION (AORTIC HEART VALVE LEAKAGE) |
| ARDS | ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
| ARES | Apnea Risk Evaluation System |
| ARF | ACUTE RENAL FAILURE |
| ARP | ABDOMEN, RETRO, PELVIS |
| ARPKD | AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| AS | AORTIC STENOSIS |
| ASC | AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER |
| ASCUS | ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE |
| ASET | AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGISTS |
| ASH | ASYMMETRIC SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY OR HEART (SEE IHSS) |
| ASIS | ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE |
| ASMI | ANTERO SEPTAL MI (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/HEART ATTACK) |
| ASP | AVERAGE SALES PRICE (OF DRUGS) |
| ASV | Adaptive Servo Ventilation |
| ATC | 1. AROUND THE CLOCK 2. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System OF DRUGS BY WHO |
| ATD | ALZHEIMER'S TYPE DEMENTIA |
| ATNC | ATRAUMATIC, NORMOCEPHALIC |
| ATS | AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY |
| AUA | AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION |
| AUR | ACUTE URINARY RETENTION |
| AVB | AV BLOCK = ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK OF HEART |
| AVLT | ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT |
| AVR | AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT |
| BAL | Bronchoalveolar lavage |
| BBB | BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
| BCAA | BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS |
| BCC | BASAL CELL CARCINOMA |
| BCKAD | BRANCHED CHAIND KETO ACID DEHYDROGENASE |
| BCP | BIRTH CONTROL PILL |
| BEB | BENIGN ESSENTIAL BLEPHAROSPASM |
| BFB | BIFASCICULAR BLOCK |
| BHRT | Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| BID | TWICE DAILY |
| BIO | BILL INSURANCE ONLY |
| BiPAP | See BPAP |
| BKA | BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| BMD | BONE MINERAL DENSITY |
| BMP | BASAL METABOLIC PANEL |
| BMR | BASAL METABOLIC RATE |
| BMT | BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION |
| BNP | B (BRAIN) TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE |
| BOO | BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION |
| BPAP | BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (SEPARATE PRESSURE FOR INSPIRATION VS EXPIRATION) |
| BPE | BENIGN PROSTATIC ENLARGEMENT |
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY |
| BPM | BEATS PER MINUTE |
| BPPV | BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO |
| BSO | BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPORECTOMY - REMOVAL OF OVARIES AND TUBES |
| BT | BLEEDING TIME |
| BTL | BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION |
| BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
| C&S | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY |
| CA | CANCER OR CARCINOMA |
| CA | CANCER ANTIGEN (LIKE CA-125) |
| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BYPASS GRAFT |
| CABHA | CABHA Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| CAH | CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA |
| CAMP | CYCLIC AMP (adenosine monophosphate) |
| CAN | CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY |
| CAP | 1. COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, 2. CAPSULE, 3: COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CBD | COMMON BILE DUCT |
| CCA | COMMON CAROTID ARTERY |
| CCI | CARDIOVASCULAR CREDENTIALING INTERNATIONAL |
| CCME | Carolina Center for Medical Excellence |
| CCNC | Community Care of North Carolina |
| CCP | Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide |
| CCT | CERTIFIED CARDIAC TECHNICIAN |
| CDAD | Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD: pseudomembranous colitis), Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea |
| CEA | CAROTID ARTERY ENDARTERECTOMY |
| CEUS | CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
| CFG | CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME |
| CFS | CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME |
| CHADS | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, HYPERTENSION, AGE > 75, DIABETES, STROKE OR TIA HISTORY (MITRAL STENOSIS, PROSTHETIC VALVE ALSO SIMILAR) ARE RISKS FOR CVA IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. |
| CHD | CORONARY HEART DISEASE |
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
| CIDA | Contrast Inflow Dynamics MRA |
| CIDP | CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY |
| CIMT | CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
| CIS | CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME |
| CKD | CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| CLA | Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| CLL | CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA |
| CM | CARDIOMEGALY |
| CMAP | COMPOUND NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL |
| CMC | 1. CAROLINA MEDICAL CLINIC. 2. CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER. 3. CARPO-META-CARPAL (JOINT). 4. CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS) |
| CME | 1. Cystoid macular edema
2. Continuing Medical Education |
| CMM | COMPASS M-MODE (ULTRASOUND) |
| CMP | 1. CARDIOMYOPATHY
2. COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| CMT | CERVICAL MOTION TENDERNESS (IN UTERUS) |
| CMT | COLLATERAL MERIDIAN THERAPY (ACU-PRESSURE) |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease |
| CNN | COPAY NOT NEEDED |
| CNV | CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION |
| COMT | Catechol-O-methyltransferase |
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE P ULMONARY DISEASE |
| COX | CYCLO-OXYGENASE (ENZYME |
| CP | CHEST PAIN |
| CPAP | CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE |
| CPE | COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
| CR | CONTROLLED RELEASE |
| CRF | CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE |
| CRI | CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY |
| CRM | Customer relationship management |
| CRNA | CERTIFIED NURSE ANESTHETIST |
| CRP | C-REACTIVE PROTEIN |
| CRPS | COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME |
| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CSRS | Controlled Substances Reporting System |
| CT | 1. CARDIO THORACIC. 2. COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY |
| CTD | CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE/DISORDER |
| CTS | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
| CVA | 1. CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
2. COSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE |
| CVAT | COSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE TENDERNESS |
| CVD | CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH |
| CVHR | CYCLIC VARIATION OF HEART RATE |
| CVS | CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM |
| CVT | CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS |
| CW | CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER |
| CWP | CHEST WALL PAIN = NON-CARDIAC |
| CWT | CHEST WALL TENDERNESS |
| CXR | CHEST XRAY |
| CYD | CALENDAR YEAR DEDUCTIBLE |
| D/T | DUE TO |
| DAT | DIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST (DIRECT COOMBS TEST) |
| DAW | DISPENSE AS WRITTEN |
| DBS | DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION |
| DBS | DRIED BLOOD SPOT (TESTING) |
| DC | DISCHARGE |
| DCE | 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging |
| DCPD | DIRECTIONAL COLOR POWER DOPPLER |
| DD | 1. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
2. DOPPLER DUPLEX |
| DDAVP | 1-DEAMINO 8-D-ARGININE VASOPRESSION( DDAVP) |
| DDD | 1. DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE 2. Defined Daily Dose (DDD) |
| DES | 1. DRY EYE SYNDROME 2. DRUG ELUTING STENT |
| DHA | DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3) |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DICOM | DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE |
| DIP | DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
| DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE = OSTEO ARTHRITIS |
| DKA | DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS |
| DLCO | Diffusing capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide |
| DLCOC | DLCO CORRECTED FOR STANDARDIZED HEMOGLOBIN OF 14.6 |
| DM | DIABETES |
| DMD | duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| DME | DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
| DMHDDSAS | Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services |
| DMI | Doppler Myocardial Imaging |
| DMSO | DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE |
| DNPH | dinitrophenylhydrazine: CHEMICAL ADDED TO URINE GIVES STRONG REACTION IN MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE, SO DOES FERRIC CHLORIDE. |
| DNS | DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM |
| DOA | 1. DATE OF ADMISSION; 2. DEAD ON ARRIVAL; 3. DOPPLER AND DUPLEX |
| DOL | DAY OF LIFE (AGE OF BABY IN DAYS) |
| DOM | DOMESTIC (LABEL IN CPAP MASK) |
| DOR | DAY OF RANDOMIZATION |
| DP | DORSALIS PEDIS |
| DPN | DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY |
| DPNP | DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN |
| DPS | Doege-Potter syndrome |
| DRE | DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION |
| DRESS | DRUG REACTION WITH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS |
| DT | DUE TO |
| DTO | Dynamic Tissue Optimization |
| DTPA | diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
| DUB | DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING |
| DUKPT | Derived Unique Key Per Transaction) key-management methods |
| DVA | DUAL ENERGY VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT |
| DVT | DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS |
| DX | DIAGNOSIS |
| E&M | EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| E2 | ESTRADIOL |
| EC | ENTERIC COATED |
| ECA | EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| ECASA | ENTERIC COATED ASPIRIN (ACETYL SALICYLIC ACID) |
| ECG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY |
| ECK | ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY |
| ECLIA | Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay |
| ECMO | EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION |
| ECR | ELECTRONIC CONNECTIVITY REQUEST |
| ECST | European Carotid Surgery Trial |
| ECT | ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY |
| ED | ERECTILE DYSFUNTION = IMPOTENCE |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EDV | END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY |
| EE | EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
| EF | EJECTION FRACTION (ECHO) |
| EFT | electronic funds transfer |
| EHR | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD |
| EIA | EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY |
| EjD | Ejaculatory Dysfunction |
| ELE | ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES |
| EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAPHY |
| EMS | ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION |
| EMS | emergency medical services |
| EMS | endometrial stripe |
| ENG | 1. ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAM. 2. ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY |
| EOG | ELECTROOCULOGRAM |
| EOMI | EXTRA OCULAR MOVEMENTS ARE INTACT |
| EP | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY |
| EP | ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| EPA | EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3) |
| EPSDT | EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT |
| ER | EMERGENCY ROOM |
| ER | EXTENDED RELEASE |
| ERA | ELECTRONIC REMITTANCE ADVICE |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 |
| ERT | ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
| ERV | EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME |
| ESA | ERYTHROPOESIS STIMULATING AGENTS |
| ESBL | Extended-Spectrum BETA Lactamase |
| ESCOPD | END STAGE COPD |
| ESICMP | END STAGE ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
| ESR | ERYTHOCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE = SED RATE |
| ESRD | END STAGE RENAL DISEASE = RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING DIALYSIS |
| ESS | EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE |
| ESU | ELECTRO SURGICAL (CAUTERY) UNIT |
| ETIN | ELECTRONIC TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER |
| ETOH | ALCOHOL |
| ETT | EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST |
| EVC | EXPIRATORY VITAL CAPACITY |
| FA | FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY |
| FAI | FREE ANDROGEN INDEX (the ratio of testosterone to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) |
| FB | FOREIGN BODY |
| FDA | FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION |
| FDI | First Dorsal Interosseous |
| FEESST | FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING AND SENSORY TESTING |
| FEV1 | FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 SECOND |
| FGF23 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23 |
| FH | FAMILY HISTORY |
| FHO | FAMILY HISTORY OF |
| FINA | FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY |
| FM | FIBROMYALGIA |
| FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
| FNS | FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION |
| FOBT | FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST |
| FPG | FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE |
| FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
| FRC | FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY |
| FROM | FULL RANGE OF MOTION |
| FSA | FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT |
| FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE |
| FUO | FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN |
| FVC | FORCED VITAL CAPACITY |
| FX | FRACTURE |
| GAA | Glucosidase, alpha; acid |
| GABHS | GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS (S PYOGENES) |
| GAD | GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER |
| GBL | GAMMA BUTYRO LACTONE |
| GBP | BRITISH POUND (ISO 4217 Code) |
| GBS | 1. GLUCOMETER BLOOD SUGAR
2. GULLAIN BARRE SYNDROME |
| GE | GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL |
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE = REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS |
| GH | GROWTH HORMONE |
| GHB | GAMMA BUTYRIC ACID
GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN |
| GHP | GENERAL HEALTH PANEL |
| GIB | GI BLEED |
| GLBT | GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER |
| GLC | gas-liquid chromatography |
| GMBH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; (a limited company IN GERMAN) |
| GOO | GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION |
| GP | 1. GLUCOPROTEIN/FRUCTOSAMINE. 2. GENERAL PRACTITIONER. |
| GPC | GRAM POSITIVE COCCI |
| GPCI | GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDEX |
| GPRO | GROUP PRACTICE REPORTING OPTION |
| GS | GRAM STAIN |
| GSV | 1. GREATER SEPHENEOUS VEIN
2. GROUND SURFACE VISIBILITY |
| GSV | GREAT SEPHENEOUS VEIN |
| GTT | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
| GU | GENITOURINARY |
| GVHD | GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE |
| H1B | HISTAMINE 1 BLOCKER DRUGS |
| H2B | HISTAMINE 2 BLOCKER DRUGS |
| HA | HEADACHE |
| HAART | HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY |
| HC | HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA |
| HCQ | HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE |
| HCT | HEMATOCRIT |
| HCTZ | HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE |
| HD | HEMODIALYSIS |
| HDHP | HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN |
| HDL | HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
| HEDIS | HEALTHCARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET |
| HEENT | HEAD EYES EAR NOSE THROAT |
| HFO | HAND FINGER ORTHOSIS |
| HFP | HEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL |
| HGB | HEMOGLOBIN |
| HGH | HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE |
| HICN | HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIM NUMBER = POLICY NUMBER. |
| HIS | HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM |
| HIT | Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia |
| HIT | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
| HITECH | HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH |
| HITTS | Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome |
| HLE | High Liver Enzymes |
| HME | HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
| HMG | HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN |
| HNP | HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS |
| HOCM | HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY. |
| HOH | HARD OF HEARING |
| HOPI | HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS |
| HOPPS | Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
| HPI | HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| HPMC | HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS) |
| HPOA | HYPERTROPHIC PULMONARY OSTEOARTHROPATHY |
| HPTC | Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes |
| HRA | Health Reimbursement Arrangement |
| HRCT | HIGH RESOLUTION CT SCAN |
| HRQL | HEALTH REALTED QUALITY OF LIFE |
| HRT | HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
| HSA | HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT |
| HSIL | High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion |
| HT | HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMA |
| HTH | HYPOTHYROIDISM |
| HTN | HYPERTENSION |
| HTR | HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA |
| HTS | Human Thyroid Stimulator |
| IA | INSERTIONAL ACTIVITY (IN EMG) |
| IAT | INDIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST (INDIRECT COOMBS TEST) |
| IBD | INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE |
| IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
| IC | INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS |
| ICA | INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| ICF | INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY / NURSING HOME |
| ICH | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE |
| ICMP | ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
| ICS | INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY |
| ID | INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| IDI | INTER DISCHARGE INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG) |
| IDL | INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
| IEP | INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM |
| IFNA | International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists |
| IGT | IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE |
| IH | IMPAIRED HEARING |
| IHSS | See HOCM |
| IM | INTRA MUSCULAR |
| IMA | INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY |
| IMT | INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| INS | INHALED NASAL STEROID |
| IOL | INTRAOCULAR LENSE |
| IOM | INTRA OPERATIVE MONITORING |
| IP | INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT |
| IPAA | ILEAL POUCH ANAL ANASTOMOSIS |
| IPDAS | INTESTINAL PROTECTIVE DRUG ABSORPTION SYSTEM |
| IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| IPI | INTER POTENTIAL INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG) |
| IPSS | INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE |
| IR | IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
| IR | INFRA RED |
| IRBBB | INCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
| IRDM | INSULIN REQUIRING DIABETES MELLITUS; COULD BE TYPE I OR II |
| IRV | INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME |
| ISD | INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFECT |
| ISSHL | IDIOPATHIC SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS |
| ITB | INTRA THECAL BACLOFEN THERAPY |
| ITBFS | Iliotibial band FRICTION syndrome |
| ITBS | Iliotibial band syndrome |
| IV | INTRAVENOUS |
| IVCT | isovolumetric contraction time or precontraction |
| IVI | IV INFUSION |
| IVP | INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY PYELOGRAM |
| IVRT | isovolumetric RELAXATION time or precontraction |
| IVU | INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY (IVP) |
| IVUS | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND |
| JCAAI | Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology |
| JVD | JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION |
| KAFO | KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
| KD | KAWASAKI DISEASE |
| KFO | KNEE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
| KO | KNEE ORTHOSIS |
| LAA | LEFT ATRIAL ABNORMALITY |
| LABA | LONG ACTING BETA AGONISTS |
| LAD | 1. LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY
2. LEFT AXIS DEVIATION |
| LAE | LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT |
| LAFB | LEFT ANTERIOR FASCICULAR BLOCK |
| LAIV | LIVE ATTENUATED INFLUENZA VACCINE |
| LAM | lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| LAP | LEUCOCYTE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (SCORE) |
| LAP | LAPAROSCOPIC (GASTRIC BAND SURGER) |
| LASEK | 1. Laser-Assisted Sub-Epithelial Keratectomy 2. Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis |
| LASER | LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OR RADIATION |
| LASIK | Laser-Assisted in-Situ Keratomileusis |
| LATS | Long-acting Thyroid Stimulator |
| LBBB | LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
| LBM | LEAN BODY MASS |
| LBP | LOW BACK PAIN |
| LBT | LACTOSE BREATH TEST |
| LCD | LOCAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION |
| LCD | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY |
| LCDD | LIGHT CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE |
| LCL | LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT |
| LDL | LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
| LDLC | LDL CHOLESTEROL (BAD CHOLESTEROL) |
| LE | 1. LOWER EXTREMITIES. 2. LEUCOESTERASE. |
| LECA | LEFT EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| LEEP | loop electrocautery excision procedure |
| LESI | TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION |
| LFA | LEFT FOREARM |
| LGIB | LOWER GI BLEED |
| LGMD | Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy |
| LGSIL | Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion |
| LH | LUTEINIZING HORMONE |
| LICA | LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| LKA | LEFT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY |
| LKRA | LEFT KNEE REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY |
| LL PANEL | LIPID AND LIVER PANEL. PLEASE NOTE LIVER PANEL IS DIFFERENT FROM HEPATITIS PANEL |
| LLE | LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| LLL | LEFT LOWER LOBE |
| LLLI | LEFT LOWER LOBE INFILTRATE (PNEUMONIA) ON CXR |
| LLLP | LEFT LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA |
| LLQ | LEFT LOWER QUADRANT |
| LLSB | LEFT LOWER STERNAL BORDER |
| LMP | LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD |
| LN2 | LIQUID NITROGEN |
| LO | LUMBAR ORTHOSIS |
| LOC | LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| LOM | LEFT OTITIS MEDIA |
| LOPS | LOSS OF PROTECTIVE SENSATION |
| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE = SPINAL TAP |
| LP-IR | LIPOPROTEIN INSULIN RESISTANCE SCORE |
| LSA | LICHEN SCLEROSIS ATROPHICUS |
| LSO | LUMBO SACRAL ORTHOSIS |
| LSV | LESSER SEPHANEOUS VEIN |
| LUL | LEFT UPPER LOBE |
| LUQ | LEFT UPPER QUADRANT |
| LUTS | LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS |
| LVA | LATERAL VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT |
| LVD | LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION |
| LVEF | LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION |
| LVES | LEFT VENTRICULAR END SYSTOLIC "VOLUME" |
| LVF | LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE |
| LVH | LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY |
| LVRT | LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY |
| LVSD | LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION |
| LYTES | ELECTROLYTES |
| MAB | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY |
| MAC | MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION |
| MAG | 1. MAGNESIUM. 2. Mercapto Acetyl Tri Glycine (Used in Nuclear Medical Renal Function Scan) |
| MBG | MEAN BLOOD GLUCOSE |
| MCG | MICROGRAMS |
| MCHC | MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION |
| MCKD | MEDULLARY CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| MCL | MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT |
| MCP | METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
| MCV | MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME |
| MDD | MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER |
| MDR | Medical device reporting system.The MDR database contains a small slice of the database held by the Food & Drug Administration listing physician and patient complaints about medical devices. |
| MDR | The MDR Payment System is a powerful relational database of Relative and Actual Charge Data (RACD) (INGENIX) |
| MDS | MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW |
| MDT | MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY |
| MEC | MIDDLE EAR CAVITY |
| MEDPAC | 1. NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION COMMITTEE
2. MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION |
| MEDS | MEDICATIONS |
| MEQ | MILLI EQUIVALENTS |
| MERRF | Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers |
| MG | MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
| MGA | Martin-Gruber anastomosis |
| MHA | MASTER OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES |
| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACK |
| MID | MULTI-INFARCT DEMENTIA |
| MIRP | MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOGUIDED PARATHYROID SURGERY |
| MM | MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
| MMA | METHYL MELONIC ACID |
| MMS | Mohs micrographic surgery |
| MMSE | MINI MENTAL STATUS EXAM FOR DEMENTIA |
| MND | MOTOR NEURON DISEASE |
| MODY | MATURITY ONSET DM OF THE YOUNG |
| MOM | MILK OF MAGNESISA |
| MP | METATARSO PHALANGEAL (JOINT). (JOINT OF FOOT WITH ITS TOES) |
| MPA | medroxyprogesterone acetate |
| MPFS | MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE |
| MPGN | MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS |
| MPH | MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
| MPI | MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (NUCLEAR STRESS TEST) |
| MR | MITRAL REGURGITATION = LEAKY HEART VALVE |
| MRA | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY |
| MRC | Maximum Reimbursable Charge |
| MRGFUS | MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUS ULTRASOUND (TO DESTROY UTERINE FIBROID) |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| MRSA | METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS |
| MRV | MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY |
| MS | MENTAL STATUS |
| MS | MITRAL STENOSIS = BAD HEART VALVE |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| MSA | MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT |
| MSK | MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY |
| MSLT | MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST |
| MSM | DIMETHYL SULFONE |
| MSSA | METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPH AUREUS |
| MSUD | MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE |
| MT | MUSCULOTENENOUS (JUNCTION, OF A MUSCLE TO TENDON) |
| MTX | METHOTREXATE |
| MU | MOTOR UNIT |
| MUAP | MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL |
| MVA | MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT |
| MVD | MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION |
| MVI | MULTIVITAMIN |
| MVO | MAXIMUM VENOUS OUTPUT |
| MVP | MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE |
| MVV | MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION |
| N/V | NAUSEA AND VOMITING |
| NAD | 1. NO ABNORMALITY DETECTED. 2. IN NO ACUTE DISTRESS |
| NAFLD | NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE |
| NAGA | NON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS |
| NAGMA | NON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS |
| NAION | Non-Arteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy |
| NASCET | North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial |
| NASH | NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (HLE WITH FATTY LIVER THAT IS NOT FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE) |
| NCD | NATIONAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION |
| NCIR | NORTH CAROLINA IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY |
| NCMS | North Carolina Medical Society |
| NCMSF | North Carolina Medical Society Foundation |
| NCNC | NORMOCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC (ANEMIA) |
| NCQA | NATIONAL COMMITTE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE |
| NCS | NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES |
| NCSA | NORTH CAROLINA STROKE ASSOCIATION |
| NCV | NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES |
| NDA | NEW DRUG APPLICATION (FOR FDA REVIEW APPROVAL) |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHL | NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| NHP | NURSING HOME PLACEMENT |
| NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
| NIH | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH |
| NKDA | NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES |
| NMDA | N-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN) |
| NMDAR | N-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN) |
| NMES | NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
| NMR | NUCLEAR MEDICAL RESONANCE |
| NN | NOT NEEDED |
| NNT | NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT |
| NP | NEW PATEINT |
| NPHP | NEPRONOPHTHISIS |
| NPPES | National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPI Number System) |
| NRC | (US) Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NS | NO SHOW |
| NSABP | NATIONAL SURGICAL ADJUVANT BREAST AND BOWEL PROJECT |
| NSAIA | NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMATORY AGENT |
| NSAID | NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMATORY DRUG |
| NSCCA | NON-SMALL CELL CARCINOMA (CANCER) |
| NSCLCA | NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA |
| NSF | nephrogenic systemic fibrosis |
| NSGCT | NON-SEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMOR |
| NSI | sonographic NASCET index |
| NSIP | nonspecific interstitial pneumonia |
| NSR | NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM ON ECG |
| NSTEMI | NON-ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| NTD | NEED TO DICTATE |
| NTG | NITROGLYCERIN |
| NVD | NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA |
| NVDC | NAUSEA VOMITING DIARRHEA CONSTIPATION |
| OAE | OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS |
| OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
| OCP | ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL |
| OCT | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (FOR RETINAL THICKNESS) |
| ODS | OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME |
| OE | OTITIS EXTERNA |
| OH | OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY |
| OJ | ORANGE JUICE |
| OM | 1. OSTEOMYELITIS 2. OTITIS MEDIA |
| OMU | OSTIOMEATAL UNIT (OF PARANASAL SINUSES) |
| OOB | OUT OF BREATH |
| OON | OUT OF NETWORK |
| OOP | OUT OF POCKET (EXPENSE, INSURANCE) |
| OP | 1. OSTEOPOROSIS 2. OUTPATIENT |
| OPE | OSTEOPENIA |
| ORIF | OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION |
| OSA | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA |
| OSAHS | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME |
| OSAS | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME |
| OT | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
| OTC | OVER THE COUNTER |
| OW | OFFER TO DISPENSE OR WRITE PRESCRIPTION SCRIPT. |
| P4 | PROGESTERONE |
| PAA | Primary Access Administrator |
| PAC | PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTURES ON ECG (ARRHYTHMIA) |
| PACS | PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM |
| PAD | PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE |
| PAF | PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
| PAP | PA PRESSURE: PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE |
| PC | PRESENTING COMPLAINTS |
| PCIOL | POSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENS |
| PCL | POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
| PCN | PENICILLIN |
| PCNL | percutaneous nephrolithotomy |
| PCOS | POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME |
| PCP | PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER |
| PCP | PERSON CENTERED PLAN |
| PCS | PERSONAL CARE SERVICES |
| PCT | PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA |
| PDE3 | phosphodiesterase 3-type |
| PDN | PRIVATE DUTY NURSE |
| PDPN | PAINFUL DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY |
| PDT | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY |
| PE | 1. PULMONARY EMBOLISM
2. PERICARDIAL EFFUSION |
| PEEK | Polyether-etherketone: This material is used to make cages for PLIF: Interbody vertebral fusion and is radiolucent. |
| PERRL | PUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT |
| PERRLA | PUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT AND ACCOMODATION |
| PFO | PATENT FORAMEN OVALE |
| PFS | PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE |
| PHCS | PREVAILING HEALTHCARE CHARGES SYSTEM (INGENIX DATABASE) |
| PHN | POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA |
| PHTN | PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
| PICC | PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER. |
| PID | 1. PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
2. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
| PIH | pregnancy induced hypertension |
| PION | Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PION) |
| PIP | PROXIMANL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PKD | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| PLESS | PROSCAR LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY STUDY |
| PLIF | POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION |
| PLM | PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS |
| PLMS | PERIODIC SLEEP MOVEMENTS DURING SLEEP |
| PM | 1. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
2. POST MENOPAUSAL |
| PMA | PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
| PMH | PAST MEDICAL HISTORY |
| PMI | POINT OF MAXIMAL IMPULSE |
| PML | PROGRESSIVE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY |
| PMR | 1. POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
2. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION |
| PMS | PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME |
| PN | 1. PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 2. POLYARTERITIS NODOSA |
| PNCV | PERIPHERAL NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY |
| PND | 1. PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA. 2. POST NASAL DRIP |
| PNV | PRENATAL VITAMINS |
| PO | BY MOUTH |
| POAG | Primary Open Angle Glaucoma |
| POP | Progestin-only pills |
| POS | POINT OF SERVICE |
| POSTS | positive occipital sharp transients of sleep |
| POV | POWER OPERATED VEHICLE (SCOOTER = 3 Wheeled Power Operated Vehicle) |
| PPAC | PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PPG | POSTPRANDIAL PLASMA GLUCOSE |
| PPI | PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS LIKE PREVACID AND PRILOSEC |
| PPO | PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION |
| PPS | 1. PANTOSAN POLYSULFATE 2. PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM. |
| PQRI | PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE |
| PR | PULMONIC REGURGITATION |
| PRBC | PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION |
| PRK | Photorefractive Keratotomy |
| PRN | AS NEEDED |
| PS | PULMONIC STENOSIS |
| PSH | PAST SURGICAL HISTORY |
| PSSA | PENICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPH AUREUS |
| PST | POTASSIUM SENSITIVITY TESTING |
| PSV | PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY |
| PT | 1. PHYSICAL THERAPY
2. COAGULATION BLOOD TEST FOR PATIENTS ON COUMADIN/WARFARIN
3. POSTERIOR TIBIAL |
| PTA | PRIOR TO ADMISSION |
| PTCA | PERCUTANEOUS TRANS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
| PTSD | POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
| PTT | PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME. COAGULATION BLOOD TEST FOR PATIENTS ON HEPARIN, ETC |
| PTT | parenchymal transit time |
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
| PUFA | POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID |
| PVA | polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS) |
| PVD | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE |
| PVR | 1. POST VOID RESIDUAL URINE
2. PULSE VOLUME RECORDING |
| PVRP | Physician Voluntary Reporting Program |
| PVS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STUDY |
| PVS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY |
| PW | PULSE WAVE DOPPLER |
| PWA | PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS |
| PWC | POWER WHEEL CHAIR |
| PWV | PULSE WAVE VELOCITY |
| q | THREE TIMES DAILY |
| QAM | EVERY MORNING |
| QD | DAILY |
| QDC | QUALITY DATA CODES |
| QHS | EVERY NIGHT |
| QID | FOUR TIMES DAILY |
| QIMT | QUALITY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
| QNS | QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT |
| QOD | EVERY OTHER DAY |
| QOL | QUALITY OF LIFE |
| QPM | EVERY EVENING |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| RA | RHEMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| RAC | Recovery Audit Contractor |
| RACD | Relative and Actual Charge Data (INGENIX DATABASE) |
| RAS | RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS |
| RBBB | RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
| RBRVS | RESOURCE BASED RELATIVE VALUE SCALE |
| RC | RECALL |
| RCA | RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY |
| RCES | REGISTERED CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SPECIALIST |
| RCIS | REGISTERED CARDIOVASCULAR INVASIVE SPECIALIST |
| RCS | REGISTERED CARDIAC SONOGRAPHER |
| RCT | RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL |
| RD | RECALL DONE |
| RDCS | REGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC SONOGRPAHER |
| RDMS | REGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRPAHER |
| RDW | red cell distribution width |
| REC | Regional Extension Centers |
| RECA | RIGHT EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| RED | RECALCITRANT ERYTHEMATOUS DESQUAMATING DISORDER |
| RF | RHEUMATOID FACTOR |
| RFA | RIGHT FOREARM |
| RFLP | restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| RFP | RENAL FUNCTION PANEL |
| RHC | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC |
| RHD | RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE |
| RHF | RIGHT HEART FAILURE |
| RI | RENAL INDEX |
| RICA | RIGHT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
| RICE | REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION |
| RIDT | RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST |
| RK | Radial keratotomy |
| RKA | RIGHT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY |
| RKRA | RIGHT KNEE REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY |
| RLE | RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| RLL | RIGHT LOWER LOBE (PNEUMONIA) |
| RLQ | RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT |
| RML | RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE |
| RMLI | RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE INFILTRATE |
| RND | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
| RND | reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
| ROM | RIGHT OTITIS MEDIA |
| ROUB | REGISTERED OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND BIOMETRIST |
| RPL | RHINOPHARYNGOLARYNGOSCOPY |
| RPRF | RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE RENAL FAILURE |
| RRG | RIGIDITY, REBOUND, GUARDING ON ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION |
| RRI | RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX (DOPPLER) |
| RSD | REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY (CHRONIC REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME) |
| RTA | RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS |
| RTC | RETURN TO CLINIC |
| RTI | RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS |
| RTM | RELEASED TO MANUFACTURING |
| RUL | RIGHT UPPER LOBE |
| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT |
| RVR | RAPID VENTRICULAR RATE |
| RVRT | RIGHT VERTEBRAL ARTERY |
| RVS | REGISTERED VASCULAR SPECIALIST |
| RVT | REGISTERED VASCULAR TECHNOLOGIST |
| RVU | RELATIVE VALUE UNIT |
| SA | SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY (IN EMG) |
| SAD | SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER |
| SAH | SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| SAHS | SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME |
| SAPHO | synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis |
| SBE | SELF BREAST EXAMINATION |
| SBFT | SMALL BOWEL FOLLOW THRU |
| SBO | SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION |
| SCA | SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST |
| SCC | SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
| SCCA | SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
| SCI | SPINAL CORD INJURY |
| SCJ | Squamocolumnar junction |
| SCS | SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR |
| SDB | SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING |
| SERM | SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR |
| SES | sirolimus-eluting stents |
| SET | Skin Endpoint Titration |
| SFA | SATURATED FATTY ACID |
| SFEMG | SINGLE FIBER EMG |
| SGR | SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE |
| SH | SOCIAL HISTORY |
| SHBG | SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN |
| SHG | SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY |
| SHTN | SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION |
| SI | SACROILLIAC JOINT |
| SIADH | SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ADH SECRETION = CAUSES HYPONATREMIA |
| SIBO | SMALL INTESTINE BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH |
| SIEP | SERUM IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS |
| SIFE | SERUM IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY |
| SIS | saline infusion sonohysterography |
| SIUS | SALINE INFUSION (INTRAUTERINE) (TRANSVAGINAL) ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| SJS | Stevens Johnson syndrome |
| SK | SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS |
| SL | SUBLINGUAL |
| SLAC | SCAPHO-LUNATE ADVANCED COLLAPSE. |
| SLE | SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS |
| SLIT | sublingual immunotherapy |
| SMA | SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY |
| SMOLD | Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts |
| SNAP | SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL |
| SNF | SKILLED NURSING FACILITY/NURSING HOME |
| SNRB | SELECT NERVE ROOT BLOCK |
| SPEP | SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS |
| SQ | SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION |
| SRT | SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD |
| SSR | SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE |
| SSS | Subclavian steal syndrome |
| SSSS | Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome |
| SSZ | SULFASALAZINE |
| ST | SPEECH THERAPY |
| STEMI | ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| SUI | STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE |
| SVC | SUPERIOR VENA CAVA |
| SVC | SEGMENTAL VENOUS CAPACITANCE |
| SWSD | SHIFT WORK SLEEP DISORDER |
| SZ | SEIZURES; SEIZURE DISORDER |
| T2DM | TYPE II DM |
| TA | TRANSAMINASES = LIVER ENZYMES |
| TAB | TABLET |
| TAC | TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE |
| TAT | TIRED ALL THE TIME |
| TB | TUBERCULOSIS |
| TBD | TO BE DETERMINED |
| TBI | TOE BRACHIAL INDEX |
| TC | TOTAL CHOLESTEROL |
| TCA | 1. TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS 2. TRI CHLOR ACETIC ACID |
| Td | TETANUS + DIPHTHERIA VACCINATION FOR ADULTS |
| TDD | TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR THE DEAF; TTY: TEXT TELEPHONE |
| TDEE | TOTAL DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE |
| TDI | TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING |
| TEI | TISSUE ENHANCEMENT IMAGING = TEI |
| TEN | toxic epidermal necrolysis |
| TENS | TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION |
| TENS | toxic epidermal necrolysis |
| TES | THRESHOLD OR THERAPEUTIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
| TFA | TRANS FATTY ACID |
| TFCC | Triangular fibrocartilage complex (articular disk of the distal radioulnar articulation or radioulnar disk) |
| TFT | THYROID FUNCTION TEST |
| TG | TRIGLYCERIDES |
| TGO | Tissue Grayscale Optimization |
| THI | TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING |
| THR | TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT |
| TIV | TRIVALENT INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VACCINE |
| TKA | TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY |
| TL | TUBAL LIGATION |
| TLC | TENDER LOVING CARE |
| TLC | THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPY |
| TLC | TASTY LITTLE CRACKERS |
| TLC | TOTAL LIFE CHANGES |
| TLC | THERAPEUTIC LIFE STYLE CHANGES |
| TLSO | THORACIC, LUMBAR, SACRUM, ORTHOSIS |
| TMJ | TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT |
| TN | TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA |
| TNTC | TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT |
| TOS | THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME |
| TPV | TOTAL PROSTATE VOLUME |
| TR | TRICUSPID REGURGITATION = LEAKY TRICUSPID VALVE |
| TRA | Thyrotropin-receptor antibody |
| TRICKS | (Noninvasive Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Angiography With) Time-Resolved Imaging of Contrast KineticS |
| TRT | TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
| TS | TRICUSPID STENOSIS |
| TS | TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS |
| TS | TRICEPS SURAE (GASTROCNEMNIUS + SOLEUS) |
| TSH | THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE |
| TSI | Thyroid-stimulating Immunoglobulin |
| TSO | TECHNICALLY SUBOPTIMAL STUDY |
| TST | TOTAL SLEEP TIME |
| TTG | TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE |
| TTP | THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| TTP | TIME TO PEAK |
| TTS | TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
| TTT | TENDER TO TOUCH
TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY |
| TTY | TEXT TELEPHONE. TDD = Telecommunication Device for the Deaf |
| TUMT | Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy of Prostate |
| TUNA | Transurethral Needle Ablation of the Prostate |
| TUVP | TRANS URETHRAL VAPORIZATION OF PROSTATE (BY GREEN LIGHT LASER) |
| TVM | TISSUE VELOCITY MAPPING |
| TVUS | TRANS VAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| tz | transformation zone OF CERVIX |
| TZD | thiazolidinediones |
| TZV | TRANSITION ZONE VOLUME (OF PROSTATE) |
| UBP | UPPER BACK PAIN |
| UC | ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| UCVDP | UNIVERSAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM |
| UDCA | ursodeoxycholic acid (Ursodiol) |
| UGI | UPPER GI |
| UGIB | UPPER GI BLEED |
| UHTN | UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION |
| UIEP | URINE IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS |
| UIFE | URINE IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY |
| UIP | usual interstitial pneumonia |
| ULN | UPPER LIMIT OF NORMAL |
| UNE | ULNAR NEUROPATHY AT THE ELBOW |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNO | United Nations Organization |
| UPEP | URINE PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS |
| UPIN | UNIFORM PROVIDER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER |
| UPJ | URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION |
| USA | UNSTABLE ANGINA |
| USGS | ULTRASOUND GUIDED SCLEROTHERAPY |
| UV | ULTRA VIOLET |
| UVA | ULTRA VIOLET A RAYS |
| UVB | ULTRA VIOLET B RAYS |
| UVJ | URETEROVESICAL JUNCTION |
| UVP | UVULOPALATOPLASTY - OPERATION FOR SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA |
| VA | 1. VISUAL ACUITY. 2. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION |
| VAL | VACCINES ADMINISTERED LOG |
| VAT | Vestibular Autorotation Test |
| VB | VERTEBROBASILAR |
| VBAC | VAGINAL birth after Caesarean |
| VC | VITAL CAPACITY |
| VCE | VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY |
| VCUG | VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM |
| VDR | VITAMIN D RECEPTOR |
| VED | VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE |
| VFC | VACCINE FOR CHILDREN |
| VHL | VON-HIPPEL LINDAU SYNDROME |
| VLP | VENTRICULAR LATE POTENTIALS |
| VN | VISITING NURSE |
| VNG | Videonystagmography |
| VOR | Vestibular Ocular Reflex |
| VPAP | Variable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure, SAME AS BPAP. |
| VREF | VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM |
| VRSA | VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS |
| VSD | VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT |
| VT | VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |
| VTE | VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM |
| VUR | VESICOURETERAL REFLUX |
| VVI | VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING |
| WAS | Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome |
| WHFO | WRIST HAND FINGER ORTHOSIS |
| WHO | 1. WRIST HAND ORTHOSIS
2. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
| WMA | WALL MOTION ABNORMALITY |
| WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
| WRST | WRIST |
| WU | WORK UP |
| ZES | ZOLLINGER ELLISION SYNDROME |