2DE | 2 D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
A1C | HEMOGLOBIN A1C |
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 |
AAPC | American Academy of Professional Coders |
AAR | ALT AST RATIO |
AAST | American Association of Sleep Technologists |
AATD | Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency |
AB | AS BEFORE |
ABC | Automated Blood Count (See CBC) |
ABE | Acute Bacterial Endocarditis |
ABI | ANKLE-BRACHIAL DISEASE |
ABLC | Amphotericin B Lipid Complex |
ABP | Abductor Pollicis Brevis |
ABPA | allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
ABPM | AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING |
ABR | Auditory Brainstem Response |
ABV | ALCOHOL BY VOLUME |
AC | BEFORE MEALS |
AC | ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE |
AC | Abdominal circumference |
ACA | ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY |
ACAS | Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Surgery |
ACC | AMERICAN COLLEGE OR CARDIOLOGY |
ACE | ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME |
ACEI | ANGIOTENSIN COVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR |
ACG | Angle closure glaucoma |
ACGME | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education |
AChEI | Acetyl Choline Esterase Inhibitor |
ACL | ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
ACLA | American Clinical Laboratory Association |
ACO | Accountable Care Organization |
ACR | AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY |
ACT | ACTIVATED COAGULATION (CLOTTING) TIME |
ACT | AMBULATORY CARDIAC TELEMETRY MONITOR (EVENT MONITOR) |
ACTG | AIDS Clinical Trials Group |
AD | Alzheimer's Disease |
ADD | ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER |
ADH | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE |
ADL | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
ADM | ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI |
ADMA | Asymmetric dimethyl arginine |
ADP | ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE |
ADPKD | AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
ADQ | ABDUCTOR DIGITI QUINTI |
AE | ANNUAL EXAM |
AED | 1. ANNUAL EXAMINATION DATE
2. ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUGS |
AERS | Adverse Event Reporting System |
AF | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
AFL | ATRIAL FLUTTER |
AFLP | acute fatty liver of pregnancy |
AFO | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
AG | ANION GAP |
AGE | ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS |
AGUS | Atypical Glandular cells of Uknown Significance |
AH | ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS |
AHD | adductor hallucis |
AHEC | Advanced Health Education Center |
AHI | APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX |
AHIP | America’s Health Insurance Plans |
AICA | anterior inferior cerebellar artery |
AICD | Automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator |
AIDET | Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank |
AIDP | acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
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) |
ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
ALK | Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) procedure |
ALND | AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION |
ALPC | Argon laser photocoagulation (often for diabetic macular edema) |
ALT | Argon laser trabeculoplasty (for glaucoma) |
AMA | AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE |
AMD | ADVANCED MACULAR DEGENERATION |
AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACH |
AML | ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
AML | ANGIOMYOLIPOMA |
AMPPE | ACUTE MULTIPLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY |
AMS | ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS |
AMS | Altered Mental Status |
ANA | ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODY |
ANNA | Anti Neuronal Nuclear Antibody |
ANP | ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE |
ANS | AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
AO | AORTA |
AODM | ADULT ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS |
AOSD | ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE |
AP | ANGINA PECTORIS |
APACHE | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation |
APAP | AutoPAP or AutoCPAP. AUTO ADJUSTING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE. |
APAP | Acetyl-Para-AminoPhenol (Acetaminophen = Tylenol) |
APC | Ambulatory Payment Classification |
APCR | activated protein C resistance |
APD | Afferent pupillary defect |
APN | ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS |
APRN | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse |
APS | Anti Phospholipid antibody Syndrome |
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 |
ARRA | AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT |
ART | ANTI RETROVIRAL THERAPY |
AS | AORTIC STENOSIS |
ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
ASC | AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER |
ASCC | Acute splenic sequestration crisis |
ASCUS | ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE |
ASCVD | ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
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) |
ASO | anti-streptolysin O |
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 |
ATCB | authorized testing and certification bodies |
ATD | ALZHEIMER'S TYPE DEMENTIA |
ATNC | ATRAUMATIC, NORMOCEPHALIC |
ATP | ADENOSINE TRI PHOSPHATE |
ATS | AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY |
AUA | AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION |
AUA | Average Ultrasound Age |
AUR | ACUTE URINARY RETENTION |
AVB | AV BLOCK = ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK OF HEART |
AVLT | ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT |
AVR | AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT |
AWV | Annual Wellness Visit |
BA | basilar artery |
BA | BACHELOR OF ARTS |
BAC | BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION |
BAL | Bronchoalveolar lavage |
BBB | BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
BCAA | BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS |
BCC | BASAL CELL CARCINOMA |
BCCP | BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM |
BCKAD | BRANCHED CHAIND KETO ACID DEHYDROGENASE |
BCP | BIRTH CONTROL PILL |
BCT | Breast Conservation Therapy |
BD | TWICE DAILY (British for Medications) = BID |
BDR | Background diabetic retinopathy |
BDR | Broncho Dilator Response |
BEACOPP | (B)leomycin, (E)toposide, (A)driamycin, (C)yclophosphamide, Vincristin(=(O)ncovin), (P)rocarbazine, (P)rednisone |
BEB | BENIGN ESSENTIAL BLEPHAROSPASM |
BETOS | Berenson-Eggers type of service (Classification of CPT and HCPCS Codes) |
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 |
BMIS | Bioresearch Monitoring Information System |
BMP | BASAL METABOLIC PANEL |
BMR | BASAL METABOLIC RATE |
BMS | BARE METAL STENT |
BMT | BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION |
BN | BULIMIA NERVOSA |
BNP | B (BRAIN) TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE |
BOO | BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION |
BOOP | Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia |
BPAP | BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (SEPARATE PRESSURE FOR INSPIRATION VS EXPIRATION) |
BPD | BiParietal diameter |
BPE | BENIGN PROSTATIC ENLARGEMENT |
BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY |
BPM | BEATS PER MINUTE |
BPM | BROMPHENIRAMINE |
BPPV | BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO |
BRPT | BOARD OF registered polysomnographic technologist |
BRVO | Branch retinal vein occlusion |
BSI | Blood Stream Infection |
BSI | body substance isolation precautions (gloves, goggles, and mask) |
BSO | BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPORECTOMY - REMOVAL OF OVARIES AND TUBES |
BT | BLEEDING TIME |
BTL | BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION |
BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
BWS | Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome |
C&P EXAM | COMPENSATION AND PENSION EXAM (VAMC) |
C&S | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY |
CA | CANCER OR CARCINOMA |
CA | CANCER ANTIGEN (LIKE CA-125) |
CA | Central Apnea (Clear Airway Apnea) |
CABG | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BYPASS GRAFT |
CABHA | CABHA Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency |
CAC | CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION |
CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
CAGE | CUT-DOWN, ANNOYED, GUILTY, EYE OPENER |
CAH | CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA |
CAM | CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD |
CAM-ICU | CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR ICU |
CAMP | CYCLIC AMP (adenosine monophosphate) |
CAN | CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY |
CAP | 1. COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, 2. CAPSULE, 3: COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM |
CAPD | Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis |
CARC | Claim Adjustment Reason Code |
CAVH | continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration |
CBA | COMPETITIVE BIDDING AREA (MEDICARE) |
CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
CBD | COMMON BILE DUCT |
CBP | Controlling High Blood Pressure (HEDIS Measure) |
CBT | COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY |
CCA | COMMON CAROTID ARTERY |
CCA | conventional coronary angiography |
CCHIT | CERTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
CCI | CARDIOVASCULAR CREDENTIALING INTERNATIONAL |
CCME | Carolina Center for Medical Excellence |
CCNC | Community Care of North Carolina |
CCP | Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide |
CCT | CERTIFIED CARDIAC TECHNICIAN |
CD | CERVICAL DYSTONIA |
CDAD | Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD: pseudomembranous colitis), Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
CDC | Clinical Data Compendium |
CDGP | constitutional delay of growth and puberty |
CDS | Cul-de-sac |
CEA | CAROTID ARTERY ENDARTERECTOMY |
CEE | Conjugated Equine Estrogen |
CETP | CHOLESTERYL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN |
CEUS | CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
CFC | CHLORO FLUORO CARBON |
CFG | CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CFS | CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME |
CGM | CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING |
CGN | chronic glomerulonephritis |
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 |
CIA | COMMON INTERNAL ILIAC (ARTERY OR VEIN) |
CIC | CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC CONSTIPATION |
CIDA | Contrast Inflow Dynamics MRA |
CIDP | CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY |
CIMT | CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
CIN | cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
CIPA | CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITH ANHIDROSIS |
CIS | CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME |
CKD | CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
CLA | Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
CLC | CHLORIDE CHANNEL |
CLFS | Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule |
CLIIL | Clinical Investigator Inspection List |
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 |
CMG | cystometrogram |
CMM | COMPASS M-MODE (ULTRASOUND) |
CMP | 1. CARDIOMYOPATHY
2. COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL |
CMR | Cardiovascular MRI |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CMS | CHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS |
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 |
COP | CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA |
COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE P ULMONARY DISEASE |
COX | CYCLO-OXYGENASE (ENZYME |
CP | CHEST PAIN |
CPAP | CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE |
CPE | COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
CPM | CHLORPHENIRAMINE |
CPN | chronic pyelonephritis |
CPOE | COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY |
CPP | Central precocious puberty |
CPPS | CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME |
CPT | CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY |
CPT | CURRENT PERCEPTION THRESHOLD |
CPT | COLD PERCEPTION THRESHOLD |
CQI | Continous Quality Improvement |
CR | CONTROLLED RELEASE |
CR | CHANGE REQUEST |
CRAO | Central retinal artery occlusion |
CRC | COLO RECTAL CANCER |
CREST | Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasia |
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 |
CRRT | Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy |
CRVO | Central retinal vein occlusion |
CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
CSME | Clinically significant macular edema |
CSOM | Chronic Serous Otitis Media |
CSRS | Controlled Substances Reporting System |
CSS | Churg-Strauss syndrome |
CSSSI | complicated skin and skin structure infections |
CT | 1. CARDIO THORACIC. 2. COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY |
CTA | CT ANGIOGRAPHY |
CTCA | CT for calcium scoring and coronary angiography |
CTD | CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE/DISORDER |
CTEPH | CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
CTP | CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH scoring system |
CTPA | CT Pulmonary Angiogram |
CTS | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
CTZ | Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone |
CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
CVA | COSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE |
CVAT | COSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE TENDERNESS |
CVC | Central Venous Catheter |
CVD | CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH |
CVF | Confrontation visual field |
CVHR | CYCLIC VARIATION OF HEART RATE |
CVS | CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM |
CVT | CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS |
CVVH | continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (Hemodialysis) |
CW | CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER |
CW | CORTICAL WIDTH |
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 |
DCCV | DIRECT CURRENT CARDIOVERION |
DCE | 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging |
DCIS | Ductal Carcinoma In Situ |
DCPD | DIRECTIONAL COLOR POWER DOPPLER |
DCR | Dacryocystorhinostomy |
dcSSc | Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis |
DCT | DIRECT COOMB'S TEST |
DCT | Distal Convoluted Tubule |
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) |
DDMAC | Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications |
DES | DRUG ELUTING STENT |
DES | DRY EYE SYNDROME |
DEXA | Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry |
DF | DISTAL FEMUR |
DFA | DIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY |
DH | Dual Hospitalist (Outpatient Care + Hospitalist Shifts) |
DHA | DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3) |
DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
DHS | DESIGNATED HEALTH SERVICE |
DI | DETRUSOR INSTABILITY |
DIC | DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION |
DICOM | DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE |
DIP | DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
DISH | Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis |
DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE = OSTEO ARTHRITIS |
DKA | DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS |
DLBCL | Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma |
DLCO | Diffusing capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide |
DLCOC | DLCO CORRECTED FOR STANDARDIZED HEMOGLOBIN OF 14.6 |
DLHA | Donath-Landsteiner hemolytic anemia |
DM | DIABETES |
DMARD | disease-modifying antirheumatic drug |
DMD | duchenne muscular dystrophy |
DME | DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
DME | DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA |
DMHDDSAS | Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services |
DMI | Doppler Myocardial Imaging |
DMPA | depot medroxyprogesterone acetate |
DMSO | DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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 |
DOSS | Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (Colace; Docusate sodium) |
DP | DORSALIS PEDIS |
DPD | distal phalangeal depth |
DPLD | diffuse parenchymal lung disease |
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 |
DRUJ | Distal Radioulnar Joint |
DSD | Dry Sterile Dressing |
DSNP | Distal symmetrical painful neuropathy |
DSNP | Distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy |
DSP | distal sensory polyneuropathy |
DSP | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING |
DSPN | Distal sensory peripheral neuropathy |
DSPN | diabetic sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy |
DSS | DATA SECURITY STANDARD |
DT | DISTAL TIBIA |
DT | DUE TO |
DTI | DIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITOR |
DTIC | Dacarbazine (5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl)imidazole-4-carboxamide) |
DTO | Dynamic Tissue Optimization |
DTPA | diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
DUB | DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING |
DUI | driving under influence |
DUKPT | Derived Unique Key Per Transaction) key-management methods |
DVA | DUAL ENERGY VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT |
DVD | Dissociated vertical deviation (a form of Strabismus) |
DVT | DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS |
DWI | diffusion weighted imaging |
DWI | driving while intoxicated |
DX | DIAGNOSIS |
DXA | Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry |
E&M | EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT |
E1 | estrone |
E2 | ESTRADIOL |
E3 | estriol |
EBRT | External Beam RadioTherapy |
EBT | ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY |
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 |
ECOG | EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP |
ECR | ELECTRONIC CONNECTIVITY REQUEST |
ECST | European Carotid Surgery Trial |
ECT | ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY |
ECT | ECARIN CLOTTING TIME |
ED | ERECTILE DYSFUNTION = IMPOTENCE |
EDS | EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS |
EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
EDV | END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY |
EE | EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS |
EE | ethynyl estradiol |
EECP | ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION |
EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
EELV | END EXPIRATORY LUNG VOLUME |
EERD | extraesophageal reflux disease (EERD |
EF | EJECTION FRACTION (ECHO) |
EFT | electronic funds transfer |
EFW | Estimated Fetal Weight |
EGFR | EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR |
EHR | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD |
EIA | EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY |
EIA | EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA |
EIB | EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA |
EILV | END INSPIRATORY LUNG VOLUME |
EjD | Ejaculatory Dysfunction |
ELE | ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES |
ELISA | ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY |
EMA | European Medicines Agency |
EMBX | Endometrial Biopsy |
EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAPHY |
EMS | ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION |
EMS | emergency medical services |
EMS | endometrial stripe |
ENaC | Epithelial Sodium Channel |
ENG | 1. ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAM. 2. ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY |
EOG | ELECTROOCULOGRAM |
EOM | Electrooculogram |
EOMI | EXTRA OCULAR MOVEMENTS ARE INTACT |
EP | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY |
EP | ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS |
EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
EPA | EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3) |
EPAP | EXPIRATORY POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE |
EPR | EXPIRATORY PRESSURE RELIEF (IN AUTO CPAP) |
EPS | Electronic Payments And Statements |
EPSDT | EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT |
ER | EMERGENCY ROOM |
ER | EXTENDED RELEASE |
ER | Estrogen Receptor |
ERA | ELECTRONIC REMITTANCE ADVICE |
ERG | Electroretinogram |
ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 |
ERM | Epi-retinal membrane |
ERO | Effective Regurgitant Orifice (Area) |
EROA | Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area |
ERT | ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
ERV | EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME |
ESA | ERYTHROPOESIS STIMULATING AGENTS |
ESBL | Extended-Spectrum BETA Lactamase |
ESCOPD | END STAGE COPD |
ESI | Epidural steroid injections |
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 |
ESV | END SYSTOLIC VOLUME |
ET | EJECTION TIME |
EtCO2 | End Tidal CO2 (both end inspiratory and end expiratory: separate numbers) |
ETIN | ELECTRONIC TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER |
ETOH | ALCOHOL |
ETT | EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST |
EVC | EXPIRATORY VITAL CAPACITY |
FA | FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY |
FABER | Flexion, ABduction, External Rotation |
FAI | FREE ANDROGEN INDEX (the ratio of testosterone to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)) |
FANA | Fluoroscent Anti-Nuclear Antibody |
FB | FOREIGN BODY |
FCHL | Familial Combined HyperLipidemia |
FCVS | Federation Credentials Verification Service |
FDA | FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION |
FDG | FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE |
FDI | First Dorsal Interosseous |
FEES | Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) |
FEESST | FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING AND SENSORY TESTING |
FEV1 | FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 SECOND |
FF | Free Fluid |
FFS | Fee For Service |
FGF23 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23 |
FH | FAMILY HISTORY |
FHO | FAMILY HISTORY OF |
FINA | FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY |
FISH | Fluorescent InSitu Hybridization |
FIT | FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST |
FL | Femoral Length |
FM | FIBROMYALGIA |
FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
FNHTR | Febrile Non Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction |
FNS | FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION |
FOB | fiberoptic bronchoscopy |
FOBT | FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST |
FORE | Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education |
FPG | FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE |
FQ | Fluoroquinolone |
FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
FRC | FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY |
FRCS | Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons |
FROM | FULL RANGE OF MOTION |
FSA | FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT |
FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE |
FTD | Fronto Temporal Dementia |
FTFT | Face To Face Time |
FUO | FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN |
FVC | FORCED VITAL CAPACITY |
FWA | Fraud Waste and Abuse |
FWB | Full weight-bearing |
FX | FRACTURE |
GAA | Glucosidase, alpha; acid |
GABHS | GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS (S PYOGENES) |
GAD | GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER |
GAF | Global Assessment of Functioning |
GAVE | Gastric Antral Valvular Ectasia |
GBL | GAMMA BUTYRO LACTONE |
GBP | BRITISH POUND (ISO 4217 Code) |
GBS | 1. GLUCOMETER BLOOD SUGAR
2. GULLAIN BARRE SYNDROME |
GCA | GIANT CELL ARTERITIS |
GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
GDM | GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS |
GE | GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL |
GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE = REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS |
gFOBT | guaiac based faecal occult blood test |
GGO | GROUND GLASS OPACIFICATION |
GH | GROWTH HORMONE |
GHB | GAMMA BUTYRIC ACID
GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN |
GHP | GENERAL HEALTH PANEL |
GHRH | GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE |
GIB | GI BLEED |
GIST | Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor |
GLBT | GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER |
GLC | gas-liquid chromatography |
GMBH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; (a limited company IN GERMAN) |
GMT | GLOBAL MASSAGE THERAPY |
GN | gouty nephropathy |
GOLD | GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE |
GONB | Greater occipital nerve block |
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 |
GRA | GLOBAL RESPONSE ASSESSMENT |
GS | GRAM STAIN |
GSV | 1. GREATER SEPHENEOUS VEIN
2. GROUND SURFACE VISIBILITY |
GSV | GREAT SEPHENEOUS VEIN |
GTT | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
GTT | DROPS (OF A LIQUID) |
GU | GENITOURINARY |
GVHD | GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE |
H1B | HISTAMINE 1 BLOCKER DRUGS |
H2B | HISTAMINE 2 BLOCKER DRUGS |
H2RA | HISTAMINE-2 RECEPTOR ANATOGIST |
HA | HEADACHE |
HAART | HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY |
HACE | HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA |
HANWS | HIV-associated neuromuscular weakness syndrome |
HAP | Hospital Acquired Pneumonia |
HAPE | HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA |
HBOT | HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY |
HC | HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA |
HC | Head circumference |
HCDD | HEAVY CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE |
HCFA | Health Care Finance Administration |
HCFC | hydrochlorofluorocarbons |
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 |
HF | HEART FAILURE |
HFE | HEMOCHROMATOSIS (HIGH FERROUS = IRON = FERRUM) |
HFO | HAND FINGER ORTHOSIS |
HFP | HEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL |
HFP7 | HEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL 7 |
HGA | Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis |
HGB | HEMOGLOBIN |
HGH | HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE |
HGSIL | High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion |
HH | HOME HEALTH |
HHA | HOME HEALTH AGENCY |
HHN | Hand Held Nebulizer |
HHRH | Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with hypercalciuria |
HHS | Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome |
HICN | HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIM NUMBER = POLICY NUMBER. |
HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
HIPDB | Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank |
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 |
HIVAN | HIV ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY |
HLE | High Liver Enzymes |
HME | HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
HME | Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis |
HMG | HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN |
HNP | HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS |
HNPCC | Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer |
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 |
HPSA | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA |
HPTC | Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes |
HPVG | Hepatic Vein Pressure Gradient |
HRA | Health Reimbursement Arrangement |
HRCT | HIGH RESOLUTION CT SCAN |
HRQL | HEALTH REALTED QUALITY OF LIFE |
HRT | HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
HSA | HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT |
HSAN | HEREDITORY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY |
HSCT | HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT |
HSDD | Hypoactive sexual desire disorder |
HSG | Hysterosalpingogram |
HSIL | High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion |
HSP | Henoch-Schonlein Purpura |
HST | HOME SLEEP TEST |
HT | HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMA |
HTH | HYPOTHYROIDISM |
HTN | HYPERTENSION |
HTR | HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA |
HTS | Human Thyroid Stimulator |
hVISA | heterogeneous VISA |
IA | INSERTIONAL ACTIVITY (IN EMG) |
IABP | INTRA AORTIC BALLOON PUMP |
IAC | INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL |
IAM | INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS |
IAT | INDIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST (INDIRECT COOMBS TEST) |
IBD | INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE |
IBM | Inclusion body Myositis |
IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
IC | INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS |
ICA | INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
ICCE | Intracapsular cataract extraction |
ICD | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator |
ICF | INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY / NURSING HOME |
ICH | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE |
ICMA | Immunochemiluminometric assay |
ICMP | ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
ICP | Intra Cranial Pressure |
ICP | Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy |
ICS | INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY |
ICS | INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS |
ICSI | INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION |
ICT | Information & Communication Technologies |
ID | INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
IDI | INTER DISCHARGE INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG) |
IDL | INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
IDMS | isotope dilution mass spectrometry |
IDT | INTRA DERMAL TESTING |
IDT | INTRA DERMAL DILUTIONAL TESTING |
IDTF | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF) |
IDU | INJECTION DRUG USER |
IELT | intravaginal ejaculation latency time |
IEP | INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM |
IFNA | International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists |
iFOBT | Immunochemical FOBT |
IGF | INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR |
IGFBP | IGF (INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR) BINDING PROTEIN |
IGRA-TB | Interferon Gamma Release Assay for TB (IGRA-TB), |
IGRT | image-guided radiotherapy |
IGT | IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE |
IH | IMPAIRED HEARING |
IHC | Immuno Histo Chemistry |
IHSS | See HOCM |
IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization |
ILD | INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE |
ILEA | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY |
ILR | IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER |
IM | INTRA MUSCULAR |
IMA | INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY |
IMPACT | Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment And Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) |
IMT | INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
IN | INTRANASALLY |
INH | ISONIAZID |
INN | International Nonproprietary Name |
INR | international normalized ratio |
INS | INHALED NASAL STEROID |
IOASE | In-Office Ancillary Services Exception |
IOL | INTRAOCULAR LENSE |
IOM | INTRA OPERATIVE MONITORING |
IONM | INTRA OPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING |
IP | INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT |
IP | Intra Peritoneal |
IPAA | ILEAL POUCH ANAL ANASTOMOSIS |
IPAP | INSPIRATORY POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE |
IPD | interphalangeal depth |
IPDAS | INTESTINAL PROTECTIVE DRUG ABSORPTION SYSTEM |
IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
IPI | INTER POTENTIAL INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG) |
IPPE | Initial Preventive Physical Examination |
IPPS | INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM |
IPSS | INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE |
IR | IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
IR | INFRA RED |
IRB | INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD |
IRBBB | INCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
IRDM | INSULIN REQUIRING DIABETES MELLITUS; COULD BE TYPE I OR II |
IRIS | Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome |
IRM | immune response modifier |
IRV | INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME |
ISCD | INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY |
ISD | INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFECT |
ISR | IN STENT RESTENOSIS (STENOSIS WITHIN A STENT) |
ISSHL | IDIOPATHIC SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS |
IST | Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia |
ITB | INTRA THECAL BACLOFEN THERAPY |
ITBFS | Iliotibial band FRICTION syndrome |
ITBS | Iliotibial band syndrome |
IUI | INTRA UTERINE INSEMINATION |
IV | INTRAVENOUS |
IVCT | isovolumetric contraction time or precontraction |
IVF | IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION |
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 |
JEV | Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) |
JVD | JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION |
KAFO | KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
KD | KAWASAKI DISEASE |
KFO | KNEE FOOT ORTHOSIS |
KO | KNEE ORTHOSIS |
LAA | LEFT ATRIAL ABNORMALITY |
LAAC | LONG ACTING ANTI CHOLINERGIC |
LABA | LONG ACTING BETA AGONISTS |
LABD | linear IgA bullous dermatosis |
LAD | 1. LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY
2. LEFT AXIS DEVIATION |
LADA | Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults |
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) |
LARS | Laparascopic Anti Reflux Surgery |
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 |
LCH | Langerhans cell histiocytosis |
LCIS | Lobular Carcinoma In Situ |
LCL | LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT |
lcSSc | Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis |
LD50 | lethal dose to 50% of individuals |
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 |
LHC | Left Heart Catheterization |
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 |
LLETZ | large loop excision of the transformation zone |
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 |
LMTCB | Left Message To Call Back |
LN2 | LIQUID NITROGEN |
LNMP | Last Normal Menstrual Period |
LO | LUMBAR ORTHOSIS |
LOC | LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
LOC | Laxative of choice |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
LOM | LEFT OTITIS MEDIA |
LOPS | LOSS OF PROTECTIVE SENSATION |
LOX | Liquid OXygen |
LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE = SPINAL TAP |
LP-IR | LIPOPROTEIN INSULIN RESISTANCE SCORE |
LPP | LENGTH, POLE TO POLE |
LPR | LARYNGO PHARYNGEAL REFLUX |
LRA | Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist |
LSA | LICHEN SCLEROSIS ATROPHICUS |
LSO | LUMBO SACRAL ORTHOSIS |
LSV | LESSER SEPHANEOUS VEIN |
LT | LunoTriquetral (Ligament) |
LTB4 | Leukotriene B4 |
LTBI | Latent TB Infection |
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 |
LVP | Large Volume Paracentesis |
LVRT | LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY |
LVSD | LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION |
LYTES | ELECTROLYTES |
MAB | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY |
MAC | MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION |
MAC | Monitored Anesthesia Care |
MAG | 1. MAGNESIUM. 2. Mercapto Acetyl Tri Glycine (Used in Nuclear Medical Renal Function Scan) |
MBG | MEAN BLOOD GLUCOSE |
MCA | MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY |
MCC | Major Comorbid Conditions |
MCD | Minimal Change Disease |
MCG | MICROGRAMS |
MCHC | MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION |
MCI | MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT |
mCi | Milli Curie |
MCi | Mega Curie |
MCKD | MEDULLARY CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
MCL | MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT |
MCP | METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
MCV | MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME |
MDCT | MULTI-DETECTOR CT SCAN |
MDD | MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER |
MDMA | 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstacy) |
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) |
MDRD | MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE |
MDRO | MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT ORGANISM |
MDS | MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW |
MDT | MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY |
MEC | MIDDLE EAR CAVITY |
MEDD | Mean equivalent daily dosage |
MEDPAC | 1. NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION COMMITTEE
2. MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION |
MEDS | MEDICATIONS |
MEE | Middle Ear Effusion |
MELD | Model for Endstage Liver Disease |
MEN | MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA |
MEQ | MILLI EQUIVALENTS |
MERRF | Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers |
MET | METABOLIC EQUIVALENT OF TASK |
MG | MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
MGA | Martin-Gruber anastomosis |
MGUS | Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance |
MHA | MASTER OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES |
MHATP | microhemagglutination assay (MHA-TP), and treponema pallidum |
MHA-TP | microhemagglutination assay (MHA-TP), and treponema pallidum |
MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACK |
MIBG | I-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine |
MID | MULTI-INFARCT DEMENTIA |
MIRP | MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOGUIDED PARATHYROID SURGERY |
MM | MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
MMA | METHYL MELONIC ACID |
MMR | measles, mumps and rubella |
MMR | MisMatch Repair (gene) |
MMS | Mohs micrographic surgery |
MMSE | MINI MENTAL STATUS EXAM FOR DEMENTIA |
MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (By CDC) |
MND | MOTOR NEURON DISEASE |
MNZ | Metronidazole |
MODS | Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome |
MODY | MATURITY ONSET DM OF THE YOUNG |
MOM | MILK OF MAGNESISA |
MP | METATARSO PHALANGEAL (JOINT). (JOINT OF FOOT WITH ITS TOES) |
MPA | medroxyprogesterone acetate |
MPD | MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE |
MPFS | MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE |
MPGN | MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS |
MPH | MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
MPI | MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (NUCLEAR STRESS TEST) |
MPI | Master Patient Index |
MPS | Myocardial Perfusion Study |
MPT | MYOFASCIAL PHYSICAL THERAPY |
MQSA | Mammography Quality Standards Act |
MQT | MODIFIED Quantitative (Skin) Testing (For Allergy) |
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 |
MRM | Modified Radical Mastectomy |
MRN | Medical Record Number |
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 |
MSCC | Malignant Spinal Cord Compression |
MSK | MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY |
MSLT | MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST |
MSM | DIMETHYL SULFONE |
MSM | MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN |
MSSA | METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPH AUREUS |
MSUD | MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE |
MT | MUSCULOTENENOUS (JUNCTION, OF A MUSCLE TO TENDON) |
MTB | MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS |
MTC | MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA |
MTSS | medial tibial stress syndrome |
MTWA | Microvolt T-Wave Alternans |
MTX | METHOTREXATE |
MU | MOTOR UNIT |
MUAP | MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL |
MUCP | Maximum urethral closure pressure |
MuSK-Abs | muscle specific tyrosine kinase antibodies |
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 |
NAEB | NON ASTHMATIC EOSINOPHILLIC BRONCHITIS |
NAEPP | National Asthma Education and Prevention Program |
NAFC | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREE CLINICS |
NAFLD | NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE |
NAGA | NON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS |
NAGMA | NON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS |
NAIC | National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
NAION | Non-Arteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy |
NALFD | NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE |
NARES | NON ALLERGIC RHINITIS WITH EOSINOPHILIA SYNDROME |
NASCET | North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial |
NASH | NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (HLE WITH FATTY LIVER THAT IS NOT FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE) |
NAT | Nucleic Acid Testing |
NAT | NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION |
NCAFC | NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE CLINICS |
NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
NCC | NEURO CYSTI CERCOSIS |
NCD | NATIONAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION |
NCECS | NC Electronic Claims Submission |
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 |
NCS | NON CARDIAC SURGERY |
NCSA | NORTH CAROLINA STROKE ASSOCIATION |
NCV | NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES |
NDA | NEW DRUG APPLICATION (FOR FDA REVIEW APPROVAL) |
NDRI | Norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor |
NEMB | Notice of Exclusion from Medicare Benefits |
NFT | neurofibrillary tangle |
NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
NHL | NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA |
NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
NHP | NURSING HOME PLACEMENT |
NIBP | Non Invasive Blood Pressure |
NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
NIH | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH |
NINDS | Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NIV | NON INVASIVE VENTILATION |
NKDA | NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES |
NKDEP | NATIONAL KIDNEY DISEASE EDUCATION PROGRAM |
NMD | Need More Digitis |
NMDA | N-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN) |
NMDAR | N-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN) |
NMDP | National Marrow Donor Program |
NMES | NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
NMO | Neuromyelitis Optica |
NMR | NUCLEAR MEDICAL RESONANCE |
NMS | Neurally Mediated Syncope |
NN | NOT NEEDED |
NNT | NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT |
NOC | Not Otherwise Classified |
NP | NEW PATEINT |
NPDB | National Practioner Data Bank |
NPHP | NEPRONOPHTHISIS |
NPPES | National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPI Number System) |
NPPV | NON INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION |
NRC | (US) Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRTI | nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
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) |
NSCLC | NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA |
NSF | nephrogenic systemic fibrosis |
NSGCT | NON-SEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMOR |
NSI | sonographic NASCET index |
NSIP | nonspecific interstitial pneumonia |
NSPA | neuronal surface P antigen |
NSR | NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM ON ECG |
NSTEMI | NON-ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
NT | nuchal translucency |
NTD | NEED TO DICTATE |
NTG | NITROGLYCERIN |
NTRK | neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor |
NtRTI | nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
NVD | NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA |
NVDC | NAUSEA VOMITING DIARRHEA CONSTIPATION |
NWB | Non-weight-bearing |
NYHA | NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION |
OA | Obstructive Apnea |
OAD | ORAL ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS |
OAE | OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS |
OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
OCP | ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL |
OCT | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (FOR RETINAL THICKNESS) |
OD | OCULUS DEXTER (RIGHT EYE) |
OD | ONCE DAILY (British for Medications) = QD |
ODS | OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME |
ODT | ORALLY DISSOLVING TABLET |
OE | OTITIS EXTERNA |
OGTT | ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
OH | OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY |
OHT | OCULAR HYPERTENSION |
OIEC | OFFICE OF INJURED EMPLOYEE COUNSEL |
OJ | ORANGE JUICE |
OM | 1. OSTEOMYELITIS 2. OTITIS MEDIA |
OMFS | oral and maxillo-facial surgery |
OMIM | ONLINE MENDELIAN INHERITANCE IN MAN |
OMS | oral and maxillofacial surgery |
OMU | OSTIOMEATAL UNIT (OF PARANASAL SINUSES) |
ONJ | OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW |
ONTD | open neural tube defects |
OOB | OUT OF BREATH |
OON | OUT OF NETWORK |
OOP | OUT OF POCKET (EXPENSE, INSURANCE) |
OP | 1. OSTEOPOROSIS 2. OUTPATIENT |
OPC | OROPHARYNGEAL CANDIDIASIS |
OPE | OSTEOPENIA |
OPLL | OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT (SPINE) |
OPPS | OUTPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM |
ORIF | OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION |
OS | OCULUS SINISTER (LEFT EYE) |
OS | OPERATING SYSTEM |
OSA | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA |
OSAHS | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME |
OSAS | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME |
OT | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
OTAF | Obligated to Accept as Payment in Full Amount |
OTC | OVER THE COUNTER |
OU | uterque (BOTH EYES) |
OW | OFFER TO DISPENSE OR WRITE PRESCRIPTION SCRIPT. |
P | NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM |
P4 | PROGESTERONE |
PA | PRIOR AUTHORIZATION |
PA | PULMONARY ARTERY |
PAA | Primary Access Administrator |
PAC | PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTURES ON ECG (ARRHYTHMIA) |
PACS | PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM |
PAD | PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE |
PAF | PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
PAH | PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION |
PANDAS | Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infections |
PAP | PA PRESSURE: PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE |
PAP | POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE |
PAPPA | Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A |
PAPP-A | Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A |
PASG | PNEUMATIC ANTI SHOCK GARMENT |
PASP | PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE |
PB | Pyridostygmine bromide |
PBMA | Poly n-butyl Methacrylate |
PBSC | Peripheral Blood Stem Cell |
PC | PRESENTING COMPLAINTS |
PCA | POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY |
PCI | PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION |
PCI | PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY |
PCIOL | POSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENS |
PCL | POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
PCMH | PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME |
PCN | PENICILLIN |
PCNL | percutaneous nephrolithotomy |
PCOS | POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME |
PCP | PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER |
PCP | PERSON CENTERED PLAN |
PCR | POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION |
PCS | PERSONAL CARE SERVICES |
PCT | PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA |
PD | Parkinson's Disease |
PDE3 | phosphodiesterase 3-type |
PDE5 | Phosphodiesterase type 5 |
PDN | PRIVATE DUTY NURSE |
PDPN | PAINFUL DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY |
PDT | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY |
PE | PULMONARY EMBOLISM |
PE | PERICARDIAL EFFUSION |
PE | PRACTICE EXPENSE |
PEA | pulseless electrical activity |
PEA | Pulmonary endarterectomy |
PECOS | PROVIDER ENROLLMENT, CHAIN AND OWNERSHIP SYSTEM |
PEE | Punctate epithelial erosions |
PEEK | Polyether-etherketone: This material is used to make cages for PLIF: Interbody vertebral fusion and is radiolucent. |
PEEP | POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE |
PEG | Punctate epithelial granularity |
PEK | Punctate epithelial keratitis or keratopathy |
PEP | POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS |
PERL | Pupils equal and reactive to light |
PERRL | PUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT |
PERRLA | PUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT AND ACCOMODATION |
PET | PRE EJECTION TIME |
PETCO | Partial-pressure End Tidal CO |
PETCO2 | Partial-pressure End Tidal CO2 |
PEVA | Polyethylene Vinyl Acetate |
PF | Prednisone Forte |
PFB | Pseudofolliculitis barbae |
PFO | PATENT FORAMEN OVALE |
PFS | PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE |
PH | PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
PH | HOSPITALIST (Primary Hospitalist) |
PHCS | PREVAILING HEALTHCARE CHARGES SYSTEM (INGENIX DATABASE) |
PHN | POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA |
PHP | PseudoHypoParathyroidism |
PHP | Partial (Daytime only, Psychiatric) Hospitalization Program |
PHR | Personal Health Record |
PHTN | PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
PICA | posterior inferior cerebellar artery |
PICC | PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER. |
PICS | Presbyterian Inpatient Care Specialists |
PID | 1. PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
2. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
PIH | pregnancy induced hypertension |
PION | Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PION) |
PIP | PROXIMANL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS |
PJS | Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |
PKA | Protein kinase A |
PKD | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
PLCH | Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis |
PLESS | PROSCAR LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY STUDY |
PLIF | POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION |
PLM | PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS |
PLMD | PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT DISORDER |
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 |
POEMS | Polyneuropathy Organomegaly Endocrinopathy Multiple myeloma Skin changes |
POHS | Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome |
POP | Progestin-only pills |
POS | POINT OF SERVICE |
POSTS | positive occipital sharp transients of sleep |
POTS | POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME |
POV | POWER OPERATED VEHICLE (SCOOTER = 3 Wheeled Power Operated Vehicle) |
PPAC | PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL |
PPACA | PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT |
PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
PPG | POSTPRANDIAL PLASMA GLUCOSE |
PPH | PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION |
PPI | PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS LIKE PREVACID AND PRILOSEC |
PPM | Permanent PaceMaker |
PPO | PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION |
PPPS | Personalized Prevention Plan Services |
PPS | 1. PANTOSAN POLYSULFATE 2. PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM. |
PPT | PRECIPITATE |
PPT | Plasma preparation tube |
PPV | POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE |
pQCT | Peripheral Quantitative CT (Cat Scan) for osteoporosis |
PQRI | PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE |
PR | PULMONIC REGURGITATION |
PR | RECTALLY |
PR | Progesterone Receptor |
PRBC | PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION |
PRICE | PROTECT, REST, ICE, COMPRESS, ELEVATE |
PRK | Photorefractive Keratotomy |
PRN | AS NEEDED |
PRP | PLATELET RICH PLASMA |
PRP | Pan Retinal laser Photocoagulation |
PRVC | Pressure Regulated Volume Control |
PS | PULMONIC STENOSIS |
PSA | PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
PSA | PHYSICIAN SCARCITY AREA |
PSG | polysomnography |
PSH | PAST SURGICAL HISTORY |
PSIS | POSTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE |
PSP | Progressive Supranuclear Palsy |
PSR | Proliferative Sickle cell Retinopathy |
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 |
PT | PROXIMAL TIBIA |
PTA | PRIOR TO ADMISSION |
PTAS | percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) |
PTB | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS |
PTC | PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER |
PTCA | PERCUTANEOUS TRANS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
PTLD | Post Transplant Lympho Proliferative Disorder |
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 |
PUVA | psoralen (P) and long-wave ultraviolet radiation (UVA) |
PVA | polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS) |
PVC | PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION |
PVD | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE |
PVD | Posterior vitreous detachment |
PVE | Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis |
PVL | PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN |
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 |
PW | PARENCHYMAL WIDTH |
PWA | PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS |
PWB | Partial weight-bearing |
PWC | POWER WHEEL CHAIR |
PWV | PULSE WAVE VELOCITY |
q | THREE TIMES DAILY |
QAC | BEFORE EACH MEALS |
QAM | EVERY MORNING |
QCT | QUANTITATIVE CT (CAT SCAN) SPINE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS |
QD | (ONCE) DAILY; EVERY DAY |
QDC | QUALITY DATA CODES |
QDS | FOUR TIMES DAILY (British for Medications) = QID |
QFT | QuantiFERON-TB |
QFTG | QuantiFERON-TB GOLD |
QHS | EVERY NIGHT |
QID | FOUR TIMES DAILY |
QIMT | QUALITY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS |
QNS | QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT |
QOD | EVERY OTHER DAY |
QOL | QUALITY OF LIFE |
QPC | AFTER EACH MEALS |
QPM | EVERY EVENING |
QSART | quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test |
QST | QUANTITAVE SENSORY TESTING |
QUS | QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND of Heel for osteoporosis |
R/O | RULE OUT |
RA | RHEMATOID ARTHRITIS |
RA | REMITTANCE ADVICE (EOB) |
RAC | Recovery Audit Contractor |
RACD | Relative and Actual Charge Data (INGENIX DATABASE) |
RADS | REACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME |
RAI | RADIO ACTIVE IODINE |
RAIU | RADIO ACTIVE IODINE UPTAKE |
RARC | Remittance Advice Remark Code |
RAS | RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS |
RASS | RICHMOND AGIGATION SEDATION SCALE |
RBBB | RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
RB-ILD | RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLITIS - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE |
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 |
RD | Retinal detachment |
RDCS | REGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC SONOGRPAHER |
RDI | respiratory disturbance index |
RDMS | REGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRPAHER |
RDW | red cell distribution width |
REC | Regional Extension Centers |
RECA | RIGHT EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
RED | RECALCITRANT ERYTHEMATOUS DESQUAMATING DISORDER |
RELMA | Regenstrief LOINC Mapping Assistant |
REMS | RISK EVALUATION AND RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY |
RERA | Respiratory Effort Related Arousals |
RERF | Radiation Effects Research Foundation |
RF | RHEUMATOID FACTOR |
RFA | RIGHT FOREARM |
RFID | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION |
RFLP | restriction fragment length polymorphism |
RFP | RENAL FUNCTION PANEL |
RHC | Right Heart Catheterization |
RHC | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC |
RHD | RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE |
RHF | RIGHT HEART FAILURE |
RHHI | REGIONAL HOME HEALTH INTERMEDIARIES |
RI | RENAL INDEX |
RICA | RIGHT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY |
RICE | REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION |
RIDT | RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST |
RIND | REVERSIBLE ISCHEMIC NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT (DEFECT, DISEASE) |
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 |
RMR | RESTING METABOLIC RATE |
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
RNCST | Registered Nerve Conduction Study Technologist |
RND | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
RND | reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
RNVG | radionuclide ventriculography |
ROM | RIGHT OTITIS MEDIA |
ROP | Retinopathy of prematurity |
ROUB | REGISTERED OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND BIOMETRIST |
RPE | Retinal pigment epithelium |
RPL | RHINOPHARYNGOLARYNGOSCOPY |
RPLND | Retro Peritoneal Lymph Node Dissection |
RPRF | RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE RENAL FAILURE |
RPRP | Parenchyma-renal pyelon ratio |
RPSGT | registered polysomnographic technologist |
RRG | RIGIDITY, REBOUND, GUARDING ON ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION |
RRI | RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX (DOPPLER) |
RRL | RELATIVE RADIATION LEVEL |
RSBI | RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX |
RSD | REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY (CHRONIC REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME) |
RSI | Rapid Sequence Intubation |
RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
RTA | RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS |
RTC | RETURN TO CLINIC |
RTI | RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS |
RTM | RELEASED TO MANUFACTURING |
RT-PCR | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR (POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION) |
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 |
RYGB | roux-en-Y gastric bypass |
SA | SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY (IN EMG) |
SAAC | SHORT ACTING ANTI CHOLINERGIC |
SABA | SHORT ACTING BETA AGONISTS |
SAD | SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER |
SAH | SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
SAHS | SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME |
SAPHO | synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis |
SAPS | Simplified Acute Physiology Score |
SARI | serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor |
SAT | SKIN ALLERGY TESTING |
SB | SINUS BRADYCARDIA |
SB1 | Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis |
SBE | SELF BREAST EXAMINATION |
SBFT | SMALL BOWEL FOLLOW THRU |
SBO | SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION |
SC | SUB CUTANEOUS |
SCA | SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST |
SCA | superior cerebellar artery |
SCC | SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
SCCA | SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA |
SCD | SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH |
SCI | SPINAL CORD INJURY |
SCID | X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency |
SCIP | Surgical Care Improvement Project |
SCJ | Squamocolumnar junction |
SCLC | Small Cell Lung Cancer |
SCS | SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR |
SDB | SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING |
SDH | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE |
SEER | SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS |
SERM | SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR |
SES | sirolimus-eluting stents |
SET | Skin Endpoint Titration |
SEXA | Single Energy Xray Absorptiometry |
SFA | SATURATED FATTY ACID |
SFEMG | SINGLE FIBER EMG |
SGAR | Spectral Gradient Acoustic Reflectometry |
SGR | SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE |
SH | SOCIAL HISTORY |
SHBG | SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN |
SHG | SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY |
SHTN | SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION |
SI | SACROILLIAC JOINT |
SI | SUICIDAL IDEATION |
SIADH | SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ADH SECRETION = CAUSES HYPONATREMIA |
SIBO | SMALL INTESTINE BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH |
SIEP | SERUM IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS |
SIFE | SERUM IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY |
SIL | squamous intraepithelial lesion |
SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
SIS | Saline Infusion Sonohysterography |
SIUS | SALINE INFUSION (INTRAUTERINE) (TRANSVAGINAL) ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
SJS | Stevens Johnson syndrome |
SK | SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS |
SL | SUBLINGUAL |
SL | ScaphoLunate (Ligament) |
SLAC | SCAPHO-LUNATE ADVANCED COLLAPSE. |
SLE | SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS |
SLIT | sublingual immunotherapy |
SLNB | Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy |
SLPM | Standard Liters Per Minute |
SMA | SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY |
SM-C | SOMATOMEDIN C (IGF-1) |
SMM | Smoldering Multiple Myeloma |
SMOLD | Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts |
SNAP | SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL |
SNF | SKILLED NURSING FACILITY/NURSING HOME |
SNL | SENTINEL LYMPH NODE |
SNLD | SENTINEL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION |
SNOMED | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms |
SNRB | SELECT NERVE ROOT BLOCK |
SOB | Septo-optic dysplasia |
SOD | Septo-optic dysplasia |
SOFA | Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |
SpCO | (Carbon Monoxide) Saturation (by) Pulse (Oximeter) Carbon Monoxide |
SPEP | SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS |
SPN | SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE |
SpO2 | (oxygen) Saturation (by) Pulse (Oximeter) Oxygen |
SPS | sodium polystyrene sulfonate |
SQ | SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION |
SRBD | sleep-related breathing disorder |
SRC | Scleroderma Renal Crisis |
SRT | SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD |
SSA | SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION |
SSc | Systemic Sclerosis |
SSDI | Social Security Disability Insurance |
SSR | SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE |
SSS | Subclavian steal syndrome |
SSSS | Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome |
SSZ | SULFASALAZINE |
ST | SPEECH THERAPY |
STARI | Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness |
STEC | Shiga Toxin producing E Coli |
STEMI | ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
SUDS | SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH SYNDROME |
SUI | STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE |
SUV | Standardized Uptake Values (PET SCAN) |
SVC | SUPERIOR VENA CAVA |
SVC | SEGMENTAL VENOUS CAPACITANCE |
SVE | SUPRAVENTRICULAR ECTOPY |
SVG | SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT |
SVT | SUPRA VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |
SWDS | SLOW WAVE DEEP SLEEP |
SWS | SLOW WAVE SLEEP |
SWSD | SHIFT WORK SLEEP DISORDER |
SXA | Single Energy Xray Absorptiometry |
SZ | SEIZURES; SEIZURE DISORDER |
T1DM | TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS |
T2DM | TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS |
TA | TRANSAMINASES = LIVER ENZYMES |
TAB | TABLET |
TAC | TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE |
TAH | Thick Ascending Loop of Henle |
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 |
TD | Testosterone Deficiency |
TDD | TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR THE DEAF; TTY: TEXT TELEPHONE |
TDEE | TOTAL DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE |
TDI | TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING |
TDS | THREE TIMES DAILY (British for Medications) = TID |
TEE | TRANS ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
TEI | TISSUE ENHANCEMENT IMAGING = TEI |
TEMG | TRIGGERED EMG |
TEN | toxic epidermal necrolysis |
TENS | TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION |
TENS | toxic epidermal necrolysis |
TES | THRESHOLD OR THERAPEUTIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
TEVAR | THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR |
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 |
TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
TID | THREE TIMES DAILY |
TIPS | transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt |
TIV | TRIVALENT INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VACCINE |
TIW | THREE TIMES PER WEEK |
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 |
TMP/SMX | COTRIMOXAZOLE (BACTRIM) |
TN | TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA |
TNB | transthoracic needle biopsy |
TNTC | TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT |
TOS | THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME |
TPE | TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION |
TPI | TRIGGER POINT INJECTION |
TPPA | Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination |
TP-PA | Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination |
TPV | TOTAL PROSTATE VOLUME |
TR | TRICUSPID REGURGITATION = LEAKY TRICUSPID VALVE |
TRA | Thyrotropin-receptor antibody |
TRAB | Thyrotropin-receptor antibody |
TRALI | Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury |
TRICKS | (Noninvasive Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Angiography With) Time-Resolved Imaging of Contrast KineticS |
TRT | TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
TRUS | TRANS RECTAL ULTRA SOUND |
TS | TRICUSPID STENOSIS |
TS | TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS |
TS | TRICEPS SURAE (GASTROCNEMNIUS + SOLEUS) |
TSC | tuberous sclerosis complex |
TSH | THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE |
TSHR | TSH RECEPTOR |
TSI | Thyroid-stimulating Immunoglobulin |
TSO | TECHNICALLY SUBOPTIMAL STUDY |
TST | TOTAL SLEEP TIME |
TST | TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST |
TTE | TRANS THORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
TTG | TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE |
TTP | THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
TTP | TIME TO PEAK |
TTS | TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
TTT | TENDER TO TOUCH
TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY |
TTT | TILT TABLE TEST |
TTWB | Toe-touch weight-bearing |
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 |
TW | Tanner-Whitehouse |
TW2 | Tanner-Whitehouse 2 |
TW3 | Tanner-Whitehouse 3 |
TWE | Triphasic Wave Encephalopathy |
tz | transformation zone OF CERVIX |
TZD | thiazolidinediones |
TZV | TRANSITION ZONE VOLUME (OF PROSTATE) |
UACS | UPPER AIRWAY COUGH SYNDROME |
UARS | upper airway resistance syndrome |
UBP | UPPER BACK PAIN |
UC | ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
UCVDP | UNIVERSAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM |
UDCA | ursodeoxycholic acid (Ursodiol) |
UFC | Urine Free Cortisol |
UFH | UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN |
UGI | UPPER GI |
UGIB | UPPER GI BLEED |
UHTN | UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION |
UIEP | URINE IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS |
UIFE | URINE IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY |
UIP | usual interstitial pneumonia |
UKPDS | UK Prospective Diabetes Study |
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 |
UPP | Urethral Pressure Profile |
UPPP | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
USA | UNSTABLE ANGINA |
USAN | US ADOPTED NAMES |
USGS | ULTRASOUND GUIDED SCLEROTHERAPY |
USP | United States Pharmacopeial Convention |
USPSTF | U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
UUI | URGE URINARY INCONTINENCE |
UV | ULTRA VIOLET |
UVA | ULTRA VIOLET A RAYS |
UVAR | Ultraviolet A Radiation |
UVB | ULTRA VIOLET B RAYS |
UVBR | Ultraviolet B Radiation |
UVCP | Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis (UVCP) |
UVJ | URETEROVESICAL JUNCTION |
UVP | UVULOPALATOPLASTY - OPERATION FOR SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA |
VA | VISUAL ACUITY |
VA | VETERANS ADMINISTRATION |
VA | VERTEBRAL ARTERY |
VAD | vincristine Adriamycin, Dexamethasone |
VAD | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE |
VAIN | vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia |
VAL | VACCINES ADMINISTERED LOG |
VAT | Vestibular Autorotation Test |
VB | VERTEBROBASILAR |
VBAC | VAGINAL birth after Caesarean |
VC | VITAL CAPACITY |
VCD | VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION |
VCE | VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY |
VCUG | VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM |
VDR | VITAMIN D RECEPTOR |
VE | VENTRICULAR ECTOPY |
VED | VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE |
VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
VFC | VACCINE FOR CHILDREN |
VGCCA | Voltage-gated Calcium Channel Antibody |
VHL | VON-HIPPEL LINDAU SYNDROME |
VIN | vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia |
VIPoma | vasoactive intestinal peptide Tumor |
VISA | VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPH AUREUS |
VLP | VENTRICULAR LATE POTENTIALS |
VLPP | Valsalva Leak Point Pressure |
VN | VISITING NURSE |
VNG | Videonystagmography |
VOR | Vestibular Ocular Reflex |
VP Shunt | Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt (CSF) |
VPA | VALPROIC ACID |
VPAP | Variable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure, SAME AS BPAP. |
VPR | VENTRICULAR PACED RHYTHM |
VPT | VIBRATORY PERCEPTION THRESHOLD |
VRE | VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS |
VREF | VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM |
VRSA | VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS |
VS | Vibratory Snore |
VSD | VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT |
VT | VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |
VTE | VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM |
VTX | Vitrectomy |
VUR | VESICOURETERAL REFLUX |
VVC | Volvovaginal Candidiasis |
VVI | VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING |
WAC | WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST |
WAS | Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome |
WBAT | Weight Bearing As Tolerated |
WCH | White Coate Hypertension |
WFL | within functional limits |
WHFO | WRIST HAND FINGER ORTHOSIS |
WHO | 1. WRIST HAND ORTHOSIS
2. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
WMA | WALL MOTION ABNORMALITY |
WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
WNWD | Well Nourished, Well Developed |
WRST | WRIST |
WSDL | Web Service Definition Language |
WU | WORK UP |
ZES | ZOLLINGER ELLISION SYNDROME |