Medical Abbreviations
2DE2 D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A1CHEMOGLOBIN A1C
AAAORTIC AREA
AAAABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
AAIONArteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
AANAAmerican Association of Nurse Anesthetists
AANEMAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE
AAPCAmerican Academy of Professional Coders
AARALT AST RATIO
AASTAmerican Association of Sleep Technologists
AATDAlpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
ABAS BEFORE
ABCAutomated Blood Count (See CBC)
ABEAcute Bacterial Endocarditis
ABIANKLE-BRACHIAL DISEASE
ABLCAmphotericin B Lipid Complex
ABPAbductor Pollicis Brevis
ABPAallergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
ABPMAMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING
ABRAuditory Brainstem Response
ABVALCOHOL BY VOLUME
ACBEFORE MEALS
ACANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE
ACAbdominal circumference
ACAANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
ACASAsymptomatic Carotid Artery Surgery
ACCAMERICAN COLLEGE OR CARDIOLOGY
ACEANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME
ACEIANGIOTENSIN COVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR
ACGAngle closure glaucoma
ACGMEAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
AChEIAcetyl Choline Esterase Inhibitor
ACLANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
ACLAAmerican Clinical Laboratory Association
ACOAccountable Care Organization
ACRAMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY
ACTACTIVATED COAGULATION (CLOTTING) TIME
ACTAMBULATORY CARDIAC TELEMETRY MONITOR (EVENT MONITOR)
ACTGAIDS Clinical Trials Group
ADAlzheimer's Disease
ADDATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
ADHANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
ADLACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
ADMABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI
ADMAAsymmetric dimethyl arginine
ADPADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE
ADPKDAUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
ADQABDUCTOR DIGITI QUINTI
AEANNUAL EXAM
AED1. ANNUAL EXAMINATION DATE 2. ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUGS
AERSAdverse Event Reporting System
AFATRIAL FIBRILLATION
AFLATRIAL FLUTTER
AFLPacute fatty liver of pregnancy
AFOANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS
AGANION GAP
AGEACUTE GASTROENTERITIS
AGUSAtypical Glandular cells of Uknown Significance
AHABDUCTOR HALLUCIS
AHDadductor hallucis
AHECAdvanced Health Education Center
AHIAPNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX
AHIPAmerica’s Health Insurance Plans
AICAanterior inferior cerebellar artery
AICDAutomated implantable cardioverter defibrillator
AIDETAcknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank
AIDPacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
AIIANGIOTENSIN II
AIONAnterior ischemic optic neuropathy
AIUMAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
AIVRACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM
AKACTINIC KERATOSIS
AKAABOVE KNEE AMPUTATIONS
AKBAacetyl-keto-beta-boswellic acid
AKSANTI KICK BACK STATUTE
ALAALPHA-linolenic acid (ALA) (OMEGA-3)
ALARAAs Low As Reasonably Achievable
ALKAutomated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) procedure
ALNDAXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION
ALPCArgon laser photocoagulation (often for diabetic macular edema)
ALTArgon laser trabeculoplasty (for glaucoma)
AMAAGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
AMDADVANCED MACULAR DEGENERATION
AMDAge-related macular degeneration
AMIACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACH
AMLACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
AMLANGIOMYOLIPOMA
AMPPEACUTE MULTIPLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY
AMSACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS
AMSAltered Mental Status
ANAANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODY
ANNAAnti Neuronal Nuclear Antibody
ANPATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
ANSAUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
AOAORTA
AODMADULT ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS
AOSDADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE
APANGINA PECTORIS
APACHEAcute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation
APAPAutoPAP or AutoCPAP. AUTO ADJUSTING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE.
APAPAcetyl-Para-AminoPhenol (Acetaminophen = Tylenol)
APCAmbulatory Payment Classification
APCRactivated protein C resistance
APDAfferent pupillary defect
APNACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS
APRNAdvanced Practice Registered Nurse
APSAnti Phospholipid antibody Syndrome
APVAANTERIOR-POSTERIOR VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT
ARAORTIC REGURGITATION (AORTIC HEART VALVE LEAKAGE)
ARDSADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
ARESApnea Risk Evaluation System
ARFACUTE RENAL FAILURE
ARPABDOMEN, RETRO, PELVIS
ARPKDAUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
ARRAAMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
ARTANTI RETROVIRAL THERAPY
ASAORTIC STENOSIS
ASAAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists
ASCAMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
ASCCAcute splenic sequestration crisis
ASCUSATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE
ASCVDATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
ASETAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGISTS
ASHASYMMETRIC SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY OR HEART (SEE IHSS)
ASISANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE
ASMIANTERO SEPTAL MI (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/HEART ATTACK)
ASOanti-streptolysin O
ASPAVERAGE SALES PRICE (OF DRUGS)
ASVAdaptive Servo Ventilation
ATC1. AROUND THE CLOCK 2. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System OF DRUGS BY WHO
ATCBauthorized testing and certification bodies
ATDALZHEIMER'S TYPE DEMENTIA
ATNCATRAUMATIC, NORMOCEPHALIC
ATPADENOSINE TRI PHOSPHATE
ATSAMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
AUAAMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
AUAAverage Ultrasound Age
AURACUTE URINARY RETENTION
AVBAV BLOCK = ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK OF HEART
AVLTENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT
AVRAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
AWVAnnual Wellness Visit
BAbasilar artery
BABACHELOR OF ARTS
BACBLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION
BALBronchoalveolar lavage
BBBBUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
BCAABRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS
BCCBASAL CELL CARCINOMA
BCCPBREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM
BCKADBRANCHED CHAIND KETO ACID DEHYDROGENASE
BCPBIRTH CONTROL PILL
BCTBreast Conservation Therapy
BDTWICE DAILY (British for Medications) = BID
BDRBackground diabetic retinopathy
BDRBroncho Dilator Response
BEACOPP(B)leomycin, (E)toposide, (A)driamycin, (C)yclophosphamide, Vincristin(=(O)ncovin), (P)rocarbazine, (P)rednisone
BEBBENIGN ESSENTIAL BLEPHAROSPASM
BETOSBerenson-Eggers type of service (Classification of CPT and HCPCS Codes)
BFBBIFASCICULAR BLOCK
BHRTBio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
BIDTWICE DAILY
BIOBILL INSURANCE ONLY
BiPAPSee BPAP
BKABELOW KNEE AMPUTATION
BMBOWEL MOVEMENT
BMDBONE MINERAL DENSITY
BMISBioresearch Monitoring Information System
BMPBASAL METABOLIC PANEL
BMRBASAL METABOLIC RATE
BMSBARE METAL STENT
BMTBONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
BNBULIMIA NERVOSA
BNPB (BRAIN) TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
BOOBLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION
BOOPBronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia
BPAPBILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (SEPARATE PRESSURE FOR INSPIRATION VS EXPIRATION)
BPDBiParietal diameter
BPEBENIGN PROSTATIC ENLARGEMENT
BPHBENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
BPMBEATS PER MINUTE
BPMBROMPHENIRAMINE
BPPVBENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
BRPTBOARD OF registered polysomnographic technologist
BRVOBranch retinal vein occlusion
BSIBlood Stream Infection
BSIbody substance isolation precautions (gloves, goggles, and mask)
BSOBILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPORECTOMY - REMOVAL OF OVARIES AND TUBES
BTBLEEDING TIME
BTLBILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION
BUNBLOOD UREA NITROGEN
BWSBeckwith Wiedemann syndrome
C&P EXAMCOMPENSATION AND PENSION EXAM (VAMC)
C&SCULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
CACANCER OR CARCINOMA
CACANCER ANTIGEN (LIKE CA-125)
CACentral Apnea (Clear Airway Apnea)
CABGCORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BYPASS GRAFT
CABHACABHA Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency
CACCORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION
CADCORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CAGECUT-DOWN, ANNOYED, GUILTY, EYE OPENER
CAHCONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA
CAMCONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD
CAM-ICUCONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR ICU
CAMPCYCLIC AMP (adenosine monophosphate)
CANCARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY
CAP1. COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, 2. CAPSULE, 3: COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM
CAPDContinuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
CARCClaim Adjustment Reason Code
CAVHcontinuous arteriovenous hemofiltration
CBACOMPETITIVE BIDDING AREA (MEDICARE)
CBCCOMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
CBDCOMMON BILE DUCT
CBPControlling High Blood Pressure (HEDIS Measure)
CBTCOGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
CCACOMMON CAROTID ARTERY
CCAconventional coronary angiography
CCHITCERTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CCICARDIOVASCULAR CREDENTIALING INTERNATIONAL
CCMECarolina Center for Medical Excellence
CCNCCommunity Care of North Carolina
CCPCyclic Citrullinated Peptide
CCTCERTIFIED CARDIAC TECHNICIAN
CDCERVICAL DYSTONIA
CDADClostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD: pseudomembranous colitis), Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea
CDCCenters for Disease Control
CDCClinical Data Compendium
CDGPconstitutional delay of growth and puberty
CDSCul-de-sac
CEACAROTID ARTERY ENDARTERECTOMY
CEEConjugated Equine Estrogen
CETPCHOLESTERYL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN
CEUSCONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY
CFCYSTIC FIBROSIS
CFCCHLORO FLUORO CARBON
CFGCHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
CFRCode of Federal Regulations
CFSCHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
CGMCONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING
CGNchronic glomerulonephritis
CHADSCONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, HYPERTENSION, AGE > 75, DIABETES, STROKE OR TIA HISTORY (MITRAL STENOSIS, PROSTHETIC VALVE ALSO SIMILAR) ARE RISKS FOR CVA IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.
CHDCORONARY HEART DISEASE
CHFCONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CIACOMMON INTERNAL ILIAC (ARTERY OR VEIN)
CICCHRONIC IDIOPATHIC CONSTIPATION
CIDAContrast Inflow Dynamics MRA
CIDPCHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY
CIMTCAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS
CINcervical intraepithelial neoplasia
CIPACONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITH ANHIDROSIS
CISCLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME
CKDCHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
CLAConjugated Linoleic Acid
CLCCHLORIDE CHANNEL
CLFSClinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
CLIILClinical Investigator Inspection List
CLLCHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
CMCARDIOMEGALY
CMAPCOMPOUND NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL
CMC1. CAROLINA MEDICAL CLINIC. 2. CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER. 3. CARPO-META-CARPAL (JOINT). 4. CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS)
CME1. Cystoid macular edema 2. Continuing Medical Education
CMGcystometrogram
CMMCOMPASS M-MODE (ULTRASOUND)
CMP1. CARDIOMYOPATHY 2. COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL
CMRCardiovascular MRI
CMSCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMSCHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS
CMTCERVICAL MOTION TENDERNESS (IN UTERUS)
CMTCOLLATERAL MERIDIAN THERAPY (ACU-PRESSURE)
CMTCharcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
CNNCOPAY NOT NEEDED
CNVCHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
COMTCatechol-O-methyltransferase
COPCRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA
COPDCHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE P ULMONARY DISEASE
COXCYCLO-OXYGENASE (ENZYME
CPCHEST PAIN
CPAPCONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
CPECOMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
CPMCHLORPHENIRAMINE
CPNchronic pyelonephritis
CPOECOMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY
CPPCentral precocious puberty
CPPSCHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME
CPTCURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY
CPTCURRENT PERCEPTION THRESHOLD
CPTCOLD PERCEPTION THRESHOLD
CQIContinous Quality Improvement
CRCONTROLLED RELEASE
CRCHANGE REQUEST
CRAOCentral retinal artery occlusion
CRCCOLO RECTAL CANCER
CRESTCalcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasia
CRFCHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
CRICHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
CRMCustomer relationship management
CRNACERTIFIED NURSE ANESTHETIST
CRPC-REACTIVE PROTEIN
CRPSCOMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
CRRTContinuous Renal Replacement Therapy
CRVOCentral retinal vein occlusion
CSFCEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CSMEClinically significant macular edema
CSOMChronic Serous Otitis Media
CSRSControlled Substances Reporting System
CSSChurg-Strauss syndrome
CSSSIcomplicated skin and skin structure infections
CT1. CARDIO THORACIC. 2. COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
CTACT ANGIOGRAPHY
CTCACT for calcium scoring and coronary angiography
CTDCONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE/DISORDER
CTEPHCHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
CTPCHILD TURCOTTE PUGH scoring system
CTPACT Pulmonary Angiogram
CTSCARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
CTZChemoreceptor Trigger Zone
CVACEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
CVACOSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE
CVATCOSTOVERTEBRAL ANGLE TENDERNESS
CVCCentral Venous Catheter
CVDCARDIOVASCULAR DEATH
CVFConfrontation visual field
CVHRCYCLIC VARIATION OF HEART RATE
CVSCARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CVTCEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS
CVVHcontinuous veno-venous hemofiltration (Hemodialysis)
CWCONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER
CWCORTICAL WIDTH
CWPCHEST WALL PAIN = NON-CARDIAC
CWTCHEST WALL TENDERNESS
CXRCHEST XRAY
CYDCALENDAR YEAR DEDUCTIBLE
D/TDUE TO
DATDIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST (DIRECT COOMBS TEST)
DAWDISPENSE AS WRITTEN
DBSDEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
DBSDRIED BLOOD SPOT (TESTING)
DCDISCHARGE
DCCVDIRECT CURRENT CARDIOVERION
DCE3D dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging
DCISDuctal Carcinoma In Situ
DCPDDIRECTIONAL COLOR POWER DOPPLER
DCRDacryocystorhinostomy
dcSScDiffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
DCTDIRECT COOMB'S TEST
DCTDistal Convoluted Tubule
DD1. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 2. DOPPLER DUPLEX
DDAVP1-DEAMINO 8-D-ARGININE VASOPRESSION( DDAVP)
DDD1. DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE 2. Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
DDMACDivision of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications
DESDRUG ELUTING STENT
DESDRY EYE SYNDROME
DEXADual Energy Xray Absorptiometry
DFDISTAL FEMUR
DFADIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY
DHDual Hospitalist (Outpatient Care + Hospitalist Shifts)
DHADOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3)
DHHSDepartment of Health and Human Services
DHSDESIGNATED HEALTH SERVICE
DIDETRUSOR INSTABILITY
DICDISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION
DICOMDIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE
DIPDISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
DISHDiffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
DJDDEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE = OSTEO ARTHRITIS
DKADIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
DLBCLDiffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
DLCODiffusing capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide
DLCOCDLCO CORRECTED FOR STANDARDIZED HEMOGLOBIN OF 14.6
DLHADonath-Landsteiner hemolytic anemia
DMDIABETES
DMARDdisease-modifying antirheumatic drug
DMDduchenne muscular dystrophy
DMEDURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
DMEDIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
DMHDDSASDivision of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
DMIDoppler Myocardial Imaging
DMPAdepot medroxyprogesterone acetate
DMSODIMETHYL SULFOXIDE
DNADeoxyribonucleic acid
DNPHdinitrophenylhydrazine: CHEMICAL ADDED TO URINE GIVES STRONG REACTION IN MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE, SO DOES FERRIC CHLORIDE.
DNSDEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM
DOA1. DATE OF ADMISSION; 2. DEAD ON ARRIVAL; 3. DOPPLER AND DUPLEX
DOLDAY OF LIFE (AGE OF BABY IN DAYS)
DOMDOMESTIC (LABEL IN CPAP MASK)
DORDAY OF RANDOMIZATION
DOSSDioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (Colace; Docusate sodium)
DPDORSALIS PEDIS
DPDdistal phalangeal depth
DPLDdiffuse parenchymal lung disease
DPNDIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
DPNPDIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN
DPSDoege-Potter syndrome
DREDIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION
DRESSDRUG REACTION WITH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS
DRUJDistal Radioulnar Joint
DSDDry Sterile Dressing
DSNPDistal symmetrical painful neuropathy
DSNPDistal sensorimotor polyneuropathy
DSPdistal sensory polyneuropathy
DSPDIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
DSPNDistal sensory peripheral neuropathy
DSPNdiabetic sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy
DSSDATA SECURITY STANDARD
DTDISTAL TIBIA
DTDUE TO
DTIDIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITOR
DTICDacarbazine (5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl)imidazole-4-carboxamide)
DTODynamic Tissue Optimization
DTPAdiethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
DUBDYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING
DUIdriving under influence
DUKPTDerived Unique Key Per Transaction) key-management methods
DVADUAL ENERGY VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT
DVDDissociated vertical deviation (a form of Strabismus)
DVTDEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
DWIdiffusion weighted imaging
DWIdriving while intoxicated
DXDIAGNOSIS
DXADual Energy Xray Absorptiometry
E&MEVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
E1estrone
E2ESTRADIOL
E3estriol
EBRTExternal Beam RadioTherapy
EBTELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY
ECENTERIC COATED
ECAEXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
ECASAENTERIC COATED ASPIRIN (ACETYL SALICYLIC ACID)
ECGELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
ECKELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
ECLIAElectrochemiluminescence immunoassay
ECMOEXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION
ECOGEASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP
ECRELECTRONIC CONNECTIVITY REQUEST
ECSTEuropean Carotid Surgery Trial
ECTELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
ECTECARIN CLOTTING TIME
EDERECTILE DYSFUNTION = IMPOTENCE
EDSEXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS
EDTAethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EDVEND DIASTOLIC VELOCITY
EEEROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS
EEethynyl estradiol
EECPENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION
EEGELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
EELVEND EXPIRATORY LUNG VOLUME
EERDextraesophageal reflux disease (EERD
EFEJECTION FRACTION (ECHO)
EFTelectronic funds transfer
EFWEstimated Fetal Weight
EGFREPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR
EHRELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
EIAEXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY
EIAEXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA
EIBEXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA
EILVEND INSPIRATORY LUNG VOLUME
EjDEjaculatory Dysfunction
ELEELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES
ELISAENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY
EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
EMBXEndometrial Biopsy
EMGELECTROMYOGRAPHY
EMSELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION
EMSemergency medical services
EMSendometrial stripe
ENaCEpithelial Sodium Channel
ENG1. ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAM. 2. ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY
EOGELECTROOCULOGRAM
EOMElectrooculogram
EOMIEXTRA OCULAR MOVEMENTS ARE INTACT
EPELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
EPELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS
EPAUnited States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPAEICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (OMEGA-3)
EPAPEXPIRATORY POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
EPREXPIRATORY PRESSURE RELIEF (IN AUTO CPAP)
EPSElectronic Payments And Statements
EPSDTEARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
EREMERGENCY ROOM
EREXTENDED RELEASE
EREstrogen Receptor
ERAELECTRONIC REMITTANCE ADVICE
ERGElectroretinogram
ERISAEmployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
ERMEpi-retinal membrane
EROEffective Regurgitant Orifice (Area)
EROAEffective Regurgitant Orifice Area
ERTENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY
ERVEXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME
ESAERYTHROPOESIS STIMULATING AGENTS
ESBLExtended-Spectrum BETA Lactamase
ESCOPDEND STAGE COPD
ESIEpidural steroid injections
ESICMPEND STAGE ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
ESRERYTHOCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE = SED RATE
ESRDEND STAGE RENAL DISEASE = RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING DIALYSIS
ESSEPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE
ESUELECTRO SURGICAL (CAUTERY) UNIT
ESVEND SYSTOLIC VOLUME
ETEJECTION TIME
EtCO2End Tidal CO2 (both end inspiratory and end expiratory: separate numbers)
ETINELECTRONIC TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
ETOHALCOHOL
ETTEXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST
EVCEXPIRATORY VITAL CAPACITY
FAFLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY
FABERFlexion, ABduction, External Rotation
FAIFREE ANDROGEN INDEX (the ratio of testosterone to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG))
FANAFluoroscent Anti-Nuclear Antibody
FBFOREIGN BODY
FCHLFamilial Combined HyperLipidemia
FCVSFederation Credentials Verification Service
FDAFOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
FDGFLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE
FDIFirst Dorsal Interosseous
FEESFiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES)
FEESSTFIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING AND SENSORY TESTING
FEV1FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 SECOND
FFFree Fluid
FFSFee For Service
FGF23FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23
FHFAMILY HISTORY
FHOFAMILY HISTORY OF
FINAFINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY
FISHFluorescent InSitu Hybridization
FITFECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST
FLFemoral Length
FMFIBROMYALGIA
FMLAFamily and Medical Leave Act of 1993
FNHTRFebrile Non Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction
FNSFUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION
FOBfiberoptic bronchoscopy
FOBTFECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST
FOREFoundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education
FPGFASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE
FQFluoroquinolone
FQHCFederally Qualified Health Center
FRCFUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY
FRCSFellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons
FROMFULL RANGE OF MOTION
FSAFLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT
FSHFOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
FTDFronto Temporal Dementia
FTFTFace To Face Time
FUOFEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
FVCFORCED VITAL CAPACITY
FWAFraud Waste and Abuse
FWBFull weight-bearing
FXFRACTURE
GAAGlucosidase, alpha; acid
GABHSGROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS (S PYOGENES)
GADGENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
GAFGlobal Assessment of Functioning
GAVEGastric Antral Valvular Ectasia
GBLGAMMA BUTYRO LACTONE
GBPBRITISH POUND (ISO 4217 Code)
GBS1. GLUCOMETER BLOOD SUGAR 2. GULLAIN BARRE SYNDROME
GCAGIANT CELL ARTERITIS
GCSGlasgow Coma Scale
GDMGESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
GEGASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL
GERDGASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE = REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
gFOBTguaiac based faecal occult blood test
GGOGROUND GLASS OPACIFICATION
GHGROWTH HORMONE
GHBGAMMA BUTYRIC ACID GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN
GHPGENERAL HEALTH PANEL
GHRHGROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE
GIBGI BLEED
GISTGastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor
GLBTGAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER
GLCgas-liquid chromatography
GMBHGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; (a limited company IN GERMAN)
GMTGLOBAL MASSAGE THERAPY
GNgouty nephropathy
GOLDGLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
GONBGreater occipital nerve block
GOOGASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION
GP1. GLUCOPROTEIN/FRUCTOSAMINE. 2. GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
GPCGRAM POSITIVE COCCI
GPCIGEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDEX
GPROGROUP PRACTICE REPORTING OPTION
GRAGLOBAL RESPONSE ASSESSMENT
GSGRAM STAIN
GSV1. GREATER SEPHENEOUS VEIN 2. GROUND SURFACE VISIBILITY
GSVGREAT SEPHENEOUS VEIN
GTTGLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
GTTDROPS (OF A LIQUID)
GUGENITOURINARY
GVHDGRAFT VS HOST DISEASE
H1BHISTAMINE 1 BLOCKER DRUGS
H2BHISTAMINE 2 BLOCKER DRUGS
H2RAHISTAMINE-2 RECEPTOR ANATOGIST
HAHEADACHE
HAARTHIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
HACEHIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA
HANWSHIV-associated neuromuscular weakness syndrome
HAPHospital Acquired Pneumonia
HAPEHIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA
HBOTHYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
HCHYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
HCHead circumference
HCDDHEAVY CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE
HCFAHealth Care Finance Administration
HCFChydrochlorofluorocarbons
HCQHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
HCTHEMATOCRIT
HCTZHYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
HDHEMODIALYSIS
HDHPHIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN
HDLHIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
HEDISHEALTHCARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET
HEENTHEAD EYES EAR NOSE THROAT
HFHEART FAILURE
HFEHEMOCHROMATOSIS (HIGH FERROUS = IRON = FERRUM)
HFOHAND FINGER ORTHOSIS
HFPHEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL
HFP7HEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL 7
HGAHuman Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
HGBHEMOGLOBIN
HGHHUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
HGSILHigh Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion
HHHOME HEALTH
HHAHOME HEALTH AGENCY
HHNHand Held Nebulizer
HHRHHereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with hypercalciuria
HHSHyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
HICNHEALTH INSURANCE CLAIM NUMBER = POLICY NUMBER.
HIMSSHealthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HIPDBHealthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
HISHEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
HITHeparin-induced thrombocytopenia
HITHEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
HITECHHEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH
HITTSHeparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome
HIVANHIV ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY
HLEHigh Liver Enzymes
HMEHOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
HMEHuman Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
HMGHUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN
HNPHERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS
HNPCCHereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
HOCMHYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY.
HOHHARD OF HEARING
HOPIHISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
HOPPSHospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
HPIHISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
HPLChigh-performance liquid chromatography
HPMCHYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS)
HPOAHYPERTROPHIC PULMONARY OSTEOARTHROPATHY
HPSAHEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA
HPTCHealthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes
HPVGHepatic Vein Pressure Gradient
HRAHealth Reimbursement Arrangement
HRCTHIGH RESOLUTION CT SCAN
HRQLHEALTH REALTED QUALITY OF LIFE
HRTHORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
HSAHEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT
HSANHEREDITORY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY
HSCTHEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT
HSDDHypoactive sexual desire disorder
HSGHysterosalpingogram
HSILHigh Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion
HSPHenoch-Schonlein Purpura
HSTHOME SLEEP TEST
HTHYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMA
HTHHYPOTHYROIDISM
HTNHYPERTENSION
HTRHYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA
HTSHuman Thyroid Stimulator
hVISAheterogeneous VISA
IAINSERTIONAL ACTIVITY (IN EMG)
IABPINTRA AORTIC BALLOON PUMP
IACINTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
IAMINTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS
IATINDIRECT ANTIGLOBULIN TEST (INDIRECT COOMBS TEST)
IBDINFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
IBMInclusion body Myositis
IBSIRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
ICINTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS
ICAINTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
ICCEIntracapsular cataract extraction
ICDImplantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
ICFINTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY / NURSING HOME
ICHINTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
ICMAImmunochemiluminometric assay
ICMPISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
ICPIntra Cranial Pressure
ICPIntrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
ICSINTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY
ICSINHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS
ICSIINTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION
ICTInformation & Communication Technologies
IDINFECTIOUS DISEASES
IDIINTER DISCHARGE INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG)
IDLINTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
IDMSisotope dilution mass spectrometry
IDTINTRA DERMAL TESTING
IDTINTRA DERMAL DILUTIONAL TESTING
IDTFIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF)
IDUINJECTION DRUG USER
IELTintravaginal ejaculation latency time
IEPINDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM
IFNAInternational Federation of Nurse Anesthetists
iFOBTImmunochemical FOBT
IGFINSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR
IGFBPIGF (INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR) BINDING PROTEIN
IGRA-TBInterferon Gamma Release Assay for TB (IGRA-TB),
IGRTimage-guided radiotherapy
IGTIMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE
IHIMPAIRED HEARING
IHCImmuno Histo Chemistry
IHSSSee HOCM
IHTSDOInternational Health Terminology Standards Development Organization
ILDINTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
ILEAINTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY
ILRIMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER
IMINTRA MUSCULAR
IMAINFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
IMPACTImmediate Post-Concussion Assessment And Cognitive Testing (ImPACT)
IMTINTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS
ININTRANASALLY
INHISONIAZID
INNInternational Nonproprietary Name
INRinternational normalized ratio
INSINHALED NASAL STEROID
IOASEIn-Office Ancillary Services Exception
IOLINTRAOCULAR LENSE
IOMINTRA OPERATIVE MONITORING
IONMINTRA OPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
IPINTERPHALANGEAL JOINT
IPIntra Peritoneal
IPAAILEAL POUCH ANAL ANASTOMOSIS
IPAPINSPIRATORY POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
IPDinterphalangeal depth
IPDASINTESTINAL PROTECTIVE DRUG ABSORPTION SYSTEM
IPFidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
IPIINTER POTENTIAL INTERVAL (JITTER IN EMG)
IPPEInitial Preventive Physical Examination
IPPSINPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM
IPSSINTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE
IRIMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRINFRA RED
IRBINSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
IRBBBINCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
IRDMINSULIN REQUIRING DIABETES MELLITUS; COULD BE TYPE I OR II
IRISImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
IRMimmune response modifier
IRVINSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME
ISCDINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY
ISDINTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFECT
ISRIN STENT RESTENOSIS (STENOSIS WITHIN A STENT)
ISSHLIDIOPATHIC SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
ISTInappropriate Sinus Tachycardia
ITBINTRA THECAL BACLOFEN THERAPY
ITBFSIliotibial band FRICTION syndrome
ITBSIliotibial band syndrome
IUIINTRA UTERINE INSEMINATION
IVINTRAVENOUS
IVCTisovolumetric contraction time or precontraction
IVFIN-VITRO FERTILIZATION
IVIIV INFUSION
IVPINTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY PYELOGRAM
IVRTisovolumetric RELAXATION time or precontraction
IVUINTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY (IVP)
IVUSINTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
JCAAIJoint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
JEVJapanese encephalitis virus (JEV)
JVDJUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION
KAFOKNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS
KDKAWASAKI DISEASE
KFOKNEE FOOT ORTHOSIS
KOKNEE ORTHOSIS
LAALEFT ATRIAL ABNORMALITY
LAACLONG ACTING ANTI CHOLINERGIC
LABALONG ACTING BETA AGONISTS
LABDlinear IgA bullous dermatosis
LAD1. LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY 2. LEFT AXIS DEVIATION
LADALatent autoimmune diabetes of adults
LAELEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT
LAFBLEFT ANTERIOR FASCICULAR BLOCK
LAIVLIVE ATTENUATED INFLUENZA VACCINE
LAMlymphangioleiomyomatosis
LAPLEUCOCYTE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (SCORE)
LAPLAPAROSCOPIC (GASTRIC BAND SURGER)
LARSLaparascopic Anti Reflux Surgery
LASEK1. Laser-Assisted Sub-Epithelial Keratectomy 2. Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis
LASERLIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OR RADIATION
LASIKLaser-Assisted in-Situ Keratomileusis
LATSLong-acting Thyroid Stimulator
LBBBLEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
LBMLEAN BODY MASS
LBPLOW BACK PAIN
LBTLACTOSE BREATH TEST
LCDLOCAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION
LCDLIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
LCDDLIGHT CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE
LCHLangerhans cell histiocytosis
LCISLobular Carcinoma In Situ
LCLLATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT
lcSScLimited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
LD50lethal dose to 50% of individuals
LDLLOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
LDLCLDL CHOLESTEROL (BAD CHOLESTEROL)
LE1. LOWER EXTREMITIES. 2. LEUCOESTERASE.
LECALEFT EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
LEEPloop electrocautery excision procedure
LESITRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION
LFALEFT FOREARM
LGIBLOWER GI BLEED
LGMDLimb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
LGSILLow Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion
LHLUTEINIZING HORMONE
LHCLeft Heart Catheterization
LICALEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
LKALEFT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY
LKRALEFT KNEE REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY
LL PANELLIPID AND LIVER PANEL. PLEASE NOTE LIVER PANEL IS DIFFERENT FROM HEPATITIS PANEL
LLELEFT LOWER EXTREMITY
LLETZlarge loop excision of the transformation zone
LLLLEFT LOWER LOBE
LLLILEFT LOWER LOBE INFILTRATE (PNEUMONIA) ON CXR
LLLPLEFT LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA
LLQLEFT LOWER QUADRANT
LLSBLEFT LOWER STERNAL BORDER
LMPLAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
LMTCBLeft Message To Call Back
LN2LIQUID NITROGEN
LNMPLast Normal Menstrual Period
LOLUMBAR ORTHOSIS
LOCLOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
LOCLaxative of choice
LOINCLogical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
LOMLEFT OTITIS MEDIA
LOPSLOSS OF PROTECTIVE SENSATION
LOXLiquid OXygen
LPLUMBAR PUNCTURE = SPINAL TAP
LP-IRLIPOPROTEIN INSULIN RESISTANCE SCORE
LPPLENGTH, POLE TO POLE
LPRLARYNGO PHARYNGEAL REFLUX
LRALeukotriene Receptor Antagonist
LSALICHEN SCLEROSIS ATROPHICUS
LSOLUMBO SACRAL ORTHOSIS
LSVLESSER SEPHANEOUS VEIN
LTLunoTriquetral (Ligament)
LTB4Leukotriene B4
LTBILatent TB Infection
LULLEFT UPPER LOBE
LUQLEFT UPPER QUADRANT
LUTSLOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS
LVALATERAL VERTEBRAL ASSESSMENT
LVDLEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
LVEFLEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
LVESLEFT VENTRICULAR END SYSTOLIC "VOLUME"
LVFLEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
LVHLEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
LVPLarge Volume Paracentesis
LVRTLEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY
LVSDLEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
LYTESELECTROLYTES
MABMONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
MACMITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION
MACMonitored Anesthesia Care
MAG1. MAGNESIUM. 2. Mercapto Acetyl Tri Glycine (Used in Nuclear Medical Renal Function Scan)
MBGMEAN BLOOD GLUCOSE
MCAMIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
MCCMajor Comorbid Conditions
MCDMinimal Change Disease
MCGMICROGRAMS
MCHCMEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION
MCIMILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
mCiMilli Curie
MCiMega Curie
MCKDMEDULLARY CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
MCLMEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT
MCPMETACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS
MCVMEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME
MDCTMULTI-DETECTOR CT SCAN
MDDMAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
MDMA3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstacy)
MDRMedical 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.
MDRThe MDR Payment System is a powerful relational database of Relative and Actual Charge Data (RACD) (INGENIX)
MDRDMODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE
MDROMULTI-DRUG RESISTANT ORGANISM
MDSMODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW
MDTMAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY
MECMIDDLE EAR CAVITY
MEDDMean equivalent daily dosage
MEDPAC1. NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION COMMITTEE 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
MEDSMEDICATIONS
MEEMiddle Ear Effusion
MELDModel for Endstage Liver Disease
MENMULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA
MEQMILLI EQUIVALENTS
MERRFMyoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers
METMETABOLIC EQUIVALENT OF TASK
MGMYASTHENIA GRAVIS
MGAMartin-Gruber anastomosis
MGUSMonoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance
MHAMASTER OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
MHATPmicrohemagglutination assay (MHA-TP), and treponema pallidum
MHA-TPmicrohemagglutination assay (MHA-TP), and treponema pallidum
MIMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION = HEART ATTACK
MIBGI-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine
MIDMULTI-INFARCT DEMENTIA
MIRPMINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOGUIDED PARATHYROID SURGERY
MMMULTIPLE MYELOMA
MMAMETHYL MELONIC ACID
MMRmeasles, mumps and rubella
MMRMisMatch Repair (gene)
MMSMohs micrographic surgery
MMSEMINI MENTAL STATUS EXAM FOR DEMENTIA
MMWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (By CDC)
MNDMOTOR NEURON DISEASE
MNZMetronidazole
MODSMultiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
MODYMATURITY ONSET DM OF THE YOUNG
MOMMILK OF MAGNESISA
MPMETATARSO PHALANGEAL (JOINT). (JOINT OF FOOT WITH ITS TOES)
MPAmedroxyprogesterone acetate
MPDMYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE
MPFSMEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE
MPGNMEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
MPHMASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MPIMYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (NUCLEAR STRESS TEST)
MPIMaster Patient Index
MPSMyocardial Perfusion Study
MPTMYOFASCIAL PHYSICAL THERAPY
MQSAMammography Quality Standards Act
MQTMODIFIED Quantitative (Skin) Testing (For Allergy)
MRMITRAL REGURGITATION = LEAKY HEART VALVE
MRAMAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY
MRCMaximum Reimbursable Charge
MRGFUSMAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUS ULTRASOUND (TO DESTROY UTERINE FIBROID)
MRIMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
MRMModified Radical Mastectomy
MRNMedical Record Number
MRSAMETHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS
MRVMAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY
MSMENTAL STATUS
MSMITRAL STENOSIS = BAD HEART VALVE
MSMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
MSAMEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT
MSCCMalignant Spinal Cord Compression
MSKMEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY
MSLTMULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST
MSMDIMETHYL SULFONE
MSMMEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN
MSSAMETHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPH AUREUS
MSUDMAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE
MTMUSCULOTENENOUS (JUNCTION, OF A MUSCLE TO TENDON)
MTBMYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
MTCMEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
MTSSmedial tibial stress syndrome
MTWAMicrovolt T-Wave Alternans
MTXMETHOTREXATE
MUMOTOR UNIT
MUAPMOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL
MUCPMaximum urethral closure pressure
MuSK-Absmuscle specific tyrosine kinase antibodies
MVAMOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
MVDMICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION
MVIMULTIVITAMIN
MVOMAXIMUM VENOUS OUTPUT
MVPMITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
MVVMAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION
N/VNAUSEA AND VOMITING
NAD1. NO ABNORMALITY DETECTED. 2. IN NO ACUTE DISTRESS
NAEBNON ASTHMATIC EOSINOPHILLIC BRONCHITIS
NAEPPNational Asthma Education and Prevention Program
NAFCNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREE CLINICS
NAFLDNON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NAGANON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
NAGMANON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
NAICNational Association of Insurance Commissioners
NAIONNon-Arteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
NALFDNON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NARESNON ALLERGIC RHINITIS WITH EOSINOPHILIA SYNDROME
NASCETNorth American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
NASHNON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (HLE WITH FATTY LIVER THAT IS NOT FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE)
NATNucleic Acid Testing
NATNETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION
NCAFCNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE CLINICS
NCBINational Center for Biotechnology Information
NCCNEURO CYSTI CERCOSIS
NCDNATIONAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION
NCECSNC Electronic Claims Submission
NCIRNORTH CAROLINA IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY
NCMSNorth Carolina Medical Society
NCMSFNorth Carolina Medical Society Foundation
NCNCNORMOCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC (ANEMIA)
NCQANATIONAL COMMITTE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE
NCSNERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES
NCSNON CARDIAC SURGERY
NCSANORTH CAROLINA STROKE ASSOCIATION
NCVNERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES
NDANEW DRUG APPLICATION (FOR FDA REVIEW APPROVAL)
NDRINorepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor
NEMBNotice of Exclusion from Medicare Benefits
NFTneurofibrillary tangle
NHANESNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHLNON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
NHLBINational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHPNURSING HOME PLACEMENT
NIBPNon Invasive Blood Pressure
NICHDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIHNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
NINDSNeurological Disorders and Stroke
NIOSHNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIVNON INVASIVE VENTILATION
NKDANO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES
NKDEPNATIONAL KIDNEY DISEASE EDUCATION PROGRAM
NMDNeed More Digitis
NMDAN-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN)
NMDARN-METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR (IN BRAIN)
NMDPNational Marrow Donor Program
NMESNEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
NMONeuromyelitis Optica
NMRNUCLEAR MEDICAL RESONANCE
NMSNeurally Mediated Syncope
NNNOT NEEDED
NNTNUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT
NOCNot Otherwise Classified
NPNEW PATEINT
NPDBNational Practioner Data Bank
NPHPNEPRONOPHTHISIS
NPPESNational Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPI Number System)
NPPVNON INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
NRC(US) Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRTInucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NSNO SHOW
NSABPNATIONAL SURGICAL ADJUVANT BREAST AND BOWEL PROJECT
NSAIANON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMATORY AGENT
NSAIDNON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMATORY DRUG
NSCCANON-SMALL CELL CARCINOMA (CANCER)
NSCLCNON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
NSFnephrogenic systemic fibrosis
NSGCTNON-SEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMOR
NSIsonographic NASCET index
NSIPnonspecific interstitial pneumonia
NSPAneuronal surface P antigen
NSRNORMAL SINUS RHYTHM ON ECG
NSTEMINON-ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
NTnuchal translucency
NTDNEED TO DICTATE
NTGNITROGLYCERIN
NTRKneurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor
NtRTInucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NVDNAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA
NVDCNAUSEA VOMITING DIARRHEA CONSTIPATION
NWBNon-weight-bearing
NYHANEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION
OAObstructive Apnea
OADORAL ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS
OAEOTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS
OCDOBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
OCPORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
OCTOPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (FOR RETINAL THICKNESS)
ODOCULUS DEXTER (RIGHT EYE)
ODONCE DAILY (British for Medications) = QD
ODSOSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME
ODTORALLY DISSOLVING TABLET
OEOTITIS EXTERNA
OGTTORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
OHOCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
OHTOCULAR HYPERTENSION
OIECOFFICE OF INJURED EMPLOYEE COUNSEL
OJORANGE JUICE
OM1. OSTEOMYELITIS 2. OTITIS MEDIA
OMFSoral and maxillo-facial surgery
OMIMONLINE MENDELIAN INHERITANCE IN MAN
OMSoral and maxillofacial surgery
OMUOSTIOMEATAL UNIT (OF PARANASAL SINUSES)
ONJOSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
ONTDopen neural tube defects
OOBOUT OF BREATH
OONOUT OF NETWORK
OOPOUT OF POCKET (EXPENSE, INSURANCE)
OP1. OSTEOPOROSIS 2. OUTPATIENT
OPCOROPHARYNGEAL CANDIDIASIS
OPEOSTEOPENIA
OPLLOSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT (SPINE)
OPPSOUTPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM
ORIFOPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION
OSOCULUS SINISTER (LEFT EYE)
OSOPERATING SYSTEM
OSAOBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
OSAHSOBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME
OSASOBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
OTOCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
OTAFObligated to Accept as Payment in Full Amount
OTCOVER THE COUNTER
OUuterque (BOTH EYES)
OWOFFER TO DISPENSE OR WRITE PRESCRIPTION SCRIPT.
PNATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM
P4PROGESTERONE
PAPRIOR AUTHORIZATION
PAPULMONARY ARTERY
PAAPrimary Access Administrator
PACPREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTURES ON ECG (ARRHYTHMIA)
PACSPICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
PADPERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
PAFPAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
PAHPULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION
PANDASPediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infections
PAPPA PRESSURE: PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE
PAPPOSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
PAPPAPregnancy-associated plasma protein A
PAPP-APregnancy-associated plasma protein A
PASGPNEUMATIC ANTI SHOCK GARMENT
PASPPULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE
PBPyridostygmine bromide
PBMAPoly n-butyl Methacrylate
PBSCPeripheral Blood Stem Cell
PCPRESENTING COMPLAINTS
PCAPOSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
PCIPERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
PCIPAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY
PCIOLPOSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENS
PCLPOSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
PCMHPATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME
PCNPENICILLIN
PCNLpercutaneous nephrolithotomy
PCOSPOLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
PCPPRIMARY CARE PROVIDER
PCPPERSON CENTERED PLAN
PCRPOLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
PCSPERSONAL CARE SERVICES
PCTPORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA
PDParkinson's Disease
PDE3phosphodiesterase 3-type
PDE5Phosphodiesterase type 5
PDNPRIVATE DUTY NURSE
PDPNPAINFUL DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
PDTPHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
PEPULMONARY EMBOLISM
PEPERICARDIAL EFFUSION
PEPRACTICE EXPENSE
PEApulseless electrical activity
PEAPulmonary endarterectomy
PECOSPROVIDER ENROLLMENT, CHAIN AND OWNERSHIP SYSTEM
PEEPunctate epithelial erosions
PEEKPolyether-etherketone: This material is used to make cages for PLIF: Interbody vertebral fusion and is radiolucent.
PEEPPOSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE
PEGPunctate epithelial granularity
PEKPunctate epithelial keratitis or keratopathy
PEPPOST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS
PERLPupils equal and reactive to light
PERRLPUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT
PERRLAPUPILS ARE EQUAL ROUND AND REACTING TO LIGHT AND ACCOMODATION
PETPRE EJECTION TIME
PETCOPartial-pressure End Tidal CO
PETCO2Partial-pressure End Tidal CO2
PEVAPolyethylene Vinyl Acetate
PFPrednisone Forte
PFBPseudofolliculitis barbae
PFOPATENT FORAMEN OVALE
PFSPHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE
PHPULMONARY HYPERTENSION
PHHOSPITALIST (Primary Hospitalist)
PHCSPREVAILING HEALTHCARE CHARGES SYSTEM (INGENIX DATABASE)
PHNPOST HERPETIC NEURALGIA
PHPPseudoHypoParathyroidism
PHPPartial (Daytime only, Psychiatric) Hospitalization Program
PHRPersonal Health Record
PHTNPULMONARY HYPERTENSION
PICAposterior inferior cerebellar artery
PICCPERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER.
PICSPresbyterian Inpatient Care Specialists
PID1. PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC 2. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
PIHpregnancy induced hypertension
PIONPosterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PION)
PIPPROXIMANL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
PJSPeutz-Jeghers syndrome
PKAProtein kinase A
PKDPOLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
PLCHPulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis
PLESSPROSCAR LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY STUDY
PLIFPOSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION
PLMPERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS
PLMDPERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT DISORDER
PLMSPERIODIC SLEEP MOVEMENTS DURING SLEEP
PM1. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 2. POST MENOPAUSAL
PMAPROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
PMHPAST MEDICAL HISTORY
PMIPOINT OF MAXIMAL IMPULSE
PMLPROGRESSIVE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY
PMR1. POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA 2. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
PMSPREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
PN1. PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 2. POLYARTERITIS NODOSA
PNCVPERIPHERAL NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY
PND1. PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA. 2. POST NASAL DRIP
PNVPRENATAL VITAMINS
POBY MOUTH
POAGPrimary Open Angle Glaucoma
POEMSPolyneuropathy Organomegaly Endocrinopathy Multiple myeloma Skin changes
POHSPresumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
POPProgestin-only pills
POSPOINT OF SERVICE
POSTSpositive occipital sharp transients of sleep
POTSPOSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME
POVPOWER OPERATED VEHICLE (SCOOTER = 3 Wheeled Power Operated Vehicle)
PPACPRACTICING PHYSICIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL
PPACAPATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
PPARPeroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PPGPOSTPRANDIAL PLASMA GLUCOSE
PPHPRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
PPIPROTON PUMP INHIBITORS LIKE PREVACID AND PRILOSEC
PPMPermanent PaceMaker
PPOPREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION
PPPSPersonalized Prevention Plan Services
PPS1. PANTOSAN POLYSULFATE 2. PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM.
PPTPRECIPITATE
PPTPlasma preparation tube
PPVPOSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE
pQCTPeripheral Quantitative CT (Cat Scan) for osteoporosis
PQRIPHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE
PRPULMONIC REGURGITATION
PRRECTALLY
PRProgesterone Receptor
PRBCPACKED RED BLOOD CELLS FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION
PRICEPROTECT, REST, ICE, COMPRESS, ELEVATE
PRKPhotorefractive Keratotomy
PRNAS NEEDED
PRPPLATELET RICH PLASMA
PRPPan Retinal laser Photocoagulation
PRVCPressure Regulated Volume Control
PSPULMONIC STENOSIS
PSAPROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
PSAPHYSICIAN SCARCITY AREA
PSGpolysomnography
PSHPAST SURGICAL HISTORY
PSISPOSTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE
PSPProgressive Supranuclear Palsy
PSRProliferative Sickle cell Retinopathy
PSSAPENICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPH AUREUS
PSTPOTASSIUM SENSITIVITY TESTING
PSVPEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY
PT1. PHYSICAL THERAPY 2. COAGULATION BLOOD TEST FOR PATIENTS ON COUMADIN/WARFARIN 3. POSTERIOR TIBIAL
PTPROXIMAL TIBIA
PTAPRIOR TO ADMISSION
PTASpercutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS)
PTBPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
PTCPAPILLARY THYROID CANCER
PTCAPERCUTANEOUS TRANS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
PTLDPost Transplant Lympho Proliferative Disorder
PTSDPOST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PTTPARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME. COAGULATION BLOOD TEST FOR PATIENTS ON HEPARIN, ETC
PTTparenchymal transit time
PUDPEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
PUFAPOLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID
PUVApsoralen (P) and long-wave ultraviolet radiation (UVA)
PVApolyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (LUBRICANT EYE DROPS)
PVCPREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
PVDPERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
PVDPosterior vitreous detachment
PVEProsthetic Valve Endocarditis
PVLPANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN
PVR1. POST VOID RESIDUAL URINE 2. PULSE VOLUME RECORDING
PVRPPhysician Voluntary Reporting Program
PVSPERIPHERAL VASCULAR STUDY
PVSPERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY
PWPULSE WAVE DOPPLER
PWPARENCHYMAL WIDTH
PWAPULSE WAVE ANALYSIS
PWBPartial weight-bearing
PWCPOWER WHEEL CHAIR
PWVPULSE WAVE VELOCITY
qTHREE TIMES DAILY
QACBEFORE EACH MEALS
QAMEVERY MORNING
QCTQUANTITATIVE CT (CAT SCAN) SPINE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS
QD(ONCE) DAILY; EVERY DAY
QDCQUALITY DATA CODES
QDSFOUR TIMES DAILY (British for Medications) = QID
QFTQuantiFERON-TB
QFTGQuantiFERON-TB GOLD
QHSEVERY NIGHT
QIDFOUR TIMES DAILY
QIMTQUALITY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS
QNSQUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT
QODEVERY OTHER DAY
QOLQUALITY OF LIFE
QPCAFTER EACH MEALS
QPMEVERY EVENING
QSARTquantitative sudomotor axon reflex test
QSTQUANTITAVE SENSORY TESTING
QUSQUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND of Heel for osteoporosis
R/ORULE OUT
RARHEMATOID ARTHRITIS
RAREMITTANCE ADVICE (EOB)
RACRecovery Audit Contractor
RACDRelative and Actual Charge Data (INGENIX DATABASE)
RADSREACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
RAIRADIO ACTIVE IODINE
RAIURADIO ACTIVE IODINE UPTAKE
RARCRemittance Advice Remark Code
RASRENAL ARTERY STENOSIS
RASSRICHMOND AGIGATION SEDATION SCALE
RBBBRIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
RB-ILDRESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLITIS - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
RBRVSRESOURCE BASED RELATIVE VALUE SCALE
RCRECALL
RCARIGHT CORONARY ARTERY
RCESREGISTERED CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SPECIALIST
RCISREGISTERED CARDIOVASCULAR INVASIVE SPECIALIST
RCSREGISTERED CARDIAC SONOGRAPHER
RCTRANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
RDRECALL DONE
RDRetinal detachment
RDCSREGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC SONOGRPAHER
RDIrespiratory disturbance index
RDMSREGISTERED DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRPAHER
RDWred cell distribution width
RECRegional Extension Centers
RECARIGHT EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
REDRECALCITRANT ERYTHEMATOUS DESQUAMATING DISORDER
RELMARegenstrief LOINC Mapping Assistant
REMSRISK EVALUATION AND RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY
RERARespiratory Effort Related Arousals
RERFRadiation Effects Research Foundation
RFRHEUMATOID FACTOR
RFARIGHT FOREARM
RFIDRADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION
RFLPrestriction fragment length polymorphism
RFPRENAL FUNCTION PANEL
RHCRight Heart Catheterization
RHCRURAL HEALTH CLINIC
RHDRHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
RHFRIGHT HEART FAILURE
RHHIREGIONAL HOME HEALTH INTERMEDIARIES
RIRENAL INDEX
RICARIGHT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
RICEREST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION
RIDTRAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST
RINDREVERSIBLE ISCHEMIC NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT (DEFECT, DISEASE)
RKRadial keratotomy
RKARIGHT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY
RKRARIGHT KNEE REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY
RLERIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY
RLLRIGHT LOWER LOBE (PNEUMONIA)
RLQRIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
RMLRIGHT MIDDLE LOBE
RMLIRIGHT MIDDLE LOBE INFILTRATE
RMRRESTING METABOLIC RATE
RNARibonucleic acid
RNCSTRegistered Nerve Conduction Study Technologist
RNDRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
RNDreflex sympathetic dystrophy
RNVGradionuclide ventriculography
ROMRIGHT OTITIS MEDIA
ROPRetinopathy of prematurity
ROUBREGISTERED OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND BIOMETRIST
RPERetinal pigment epithelium
RPLRHINOPHARYNGOLARYNGOSCOPY
RPLNDRetro Peritoneal Lymph Node Dissection
RPRFRAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE RENAL FAILURE
RPRPParenchyma-renal pyelon ratio
RPSGTregistered polysomnographic technologist
RRGRIGIDITY, REBOUND, GUARDING ON ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION
RRIRENAL RESISTIVE INDEX (DOPPLER)
RRLRELATIVE RADIATION LEVEL
RSBIRAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX
RSDREFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY (CHRONIC REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME)
RSIRapid Sequence Intubation
RSNARadiological Society of North America
RTARENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
RTCRETURN TO CLINIC
RTIRESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
RTMRELEASED TO MANUFACTURING
RT-PCRREVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR (POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION)
RULRIGHT UPPER LOBE
RUQRIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
RVRRAPID VENTRICULAR RATE
RVRTRIGHT VERTEBRAL ARTERY
RVSREGISTERED VASCULAR SPECIALIST
RVTREGISTERED VASCULAR TECHNOLOGIST
RVURELATIVE VALUE UNIT
RYGBroux-en-Y gastric bypass
SASPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY (IN EMG)
SAACSHORT ACTING ANTI CHOLINERGIC
SABASHORT ACTING BETA AGONISTS
SADSOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
SAHSUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
SAHSSLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME
SAPHOsynovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis
SAPSSimplified Acute Physiology Score
SARIserotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor
SATSKIN ALLERGY TESTING
SBSINUS BRADYCARDIA
SB1Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
SBESELF BREAST EXAMINATION
SBFTSMALL BOWEL FOLLOW THRU
SBOSMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
SCSUB CUTANEOUS
SCASUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
SCAsuperior cerebellar artery
SCCSQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
SCCASQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
SCDSUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
SCISPINAL CORD INJURY
SCIDX-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
SCIPSurgical Care Improvement Project
SCJSquamocolumnar junction
SCLCSmall Cell Lung Cancer
SCSSPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
SDBSLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING
SDHSUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE
SEERSURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS
SERMSELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR
SESsirolimus-eluting stents
SETSkin Endpoint Titration
SEXASingle Energy Xray Absorptiometry
SFASATURATED FATTY ACID
SFEMGSINGLE FIBER EMG
SGARSpectral Gradient Acoustic Reflectometry
SGRSUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE
SHSOCIAL HISTORY
SHBGSEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN
SHGSONOHYSTEROGRAPHY
SHTNSYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
SISACROILLIAC JOINT
SISUICIDAL IDEATION
SIADHSYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ADH SECRETION = CAUSES HYPONATREMIA
SIBOSMALL INTESTINE BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
SIEPSERUM IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS
SIFESERUM IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY
SILsquamous intraepithelial lesion
SIRSSystemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
SISSaline Infusion Sonohysterography
SIUSSALINE INFUSION (INTRAUTERINE) (TRANSVAGINAL) ULTRASONOGRAPHY
SJSStevens Johnson syndrome
SKSEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS
SLSUBLINGUAL
SLScaphoLunate (Ligament)
SLACSCAPHO-LUNATE ADVANCED COLLAPSE.
SLESYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
SLITsublingual immunotherapy
SLNBSentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
SLPMStandard Liters Per Minute
SMASUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
SM-CSOMATOMEDIN C (IGF-1)
SMMSmoldering Multiple Myeloma
SMOLDSquamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts
SNAPSENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL
SNFSKILLED NURSING FACILITY/NURSING HOME
SNLSENTINEL LYMPH NODE
SNLDSENTINEL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION
SNOMEDSystematized Nomenclature of Medicine
SNOMED CTSystematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
SNRBSELECT NERVE ROOT BLOCK
SOBSepto-optic dysplasia
SODSepto-optic dysplasia
SOFASequential Organ Failure Assessment
SpCO(Carbon Monoxide) Saturation (by) Pulse (Oximeter) Carbon Monoxide
SPEPSERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
SPNSOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE
SpO2(oxygen) Saturation (by) Pulse (Oximeter) Oxygen
SPSsodium polystyrene sulfonate
SQSUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
SRBDsleep-related breathing disorder
SRCScleroderma Renal Crisis
SRTSPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD
SSASOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SScSystemic Sclerosis
SSDISocial Security Disability Insurance
SSRSYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE
SSSSubclavian steal syndrome
SSSSStaphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
SSZSULFASALAZINE
STSPEECH THERAPY
STARISouthern Tick Associated Rash Illness
STECShiga Toxin producing E Coli
STEMIST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
SUDSSUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH SYNDROME
SUISTRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE
SUVStandardized Uptake Values (PET SCAN)
SVCSUPERIOR VENA CAVA
SVCSEGMENTAL VENOUS CAPACITANCE
SVESUPRAVENTRICULAR ECTOPY
SVGSAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT
SVTSUPRA VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
SWDSSLOW WAVE DEEP SLEEP
SWSSLOW WAVE SLEEP
SWSDSHIFT WORK SLEEP DISORDER
SXASingle Energy Xray Absorptiometry
SZSEIZURES; SEIZURE DISORDER
T1DMTYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS
T2DMTYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
TATRANSAMINASES = LIVER ENZYMES
TABTABLET
TACTRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE
TAHThick Ascending Loop of Henle
TATTIRED ALL THE TIME
TBTUBERCULOSIS
TBDTO BE DETERMINED
TBITOE BRACHIAL INDEX
TCTOTAL CHOLESTEROL
TCA1. TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS 2. TRI CHLOR ACETIC ACID
TdTETANUS + DIPHTHERIA VACCINATION FOR ADULTS
TDTestosterone Deficiency
TDDTELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR THE DEAF; TTY: TEXT TELEPHONE
TDEETOTAL DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE
TDITISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING
TDSTHREE TIMES DAILY (British for Medications) = TID
TEETRANS ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
TEITISSUE ENHANCEMENT IMAGING = TEI
TEMGTRIGGERED EMG
TENtoxic epidermal necrolysis
TENSTRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION
TENStoxic epidermal necrolysis
TESTHRESHOLD OR THERAPEUTIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
TEVARTHORACIC ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR
TFATRANS FATTY ACID
TFCCTriangular fibrocartilage complex (articular disk of the distal radioulnar articulation or radioulnar disk)
TFTTHYROID FUNCTION TEST
TGTRIGLYCERIDES
TGOTissue Grayscale Optimization
THITISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING
THRTOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
TIATRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
TIDTHREE TIMES DAILY
TIPStransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
TIVTRIVALENT INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VACCINE
TIWTHREE TIMES PER WEEK
TKATOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
TLTUBAL LIGATION
TLCTENDER LOVING CARE
TLCTHIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPY
TLCTASTY LITTLE CRACKERS
TLCTOTAL LIFE CHANGES
TLCTHERAPEUTIC LIFE STYLE CHANGES
TLSOTHORACIC, LUMBAR, SACRUM, ORTHOSIS
TMJTEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
TMP/SMXCOTRIMOXAZOLE (BACTRIM)
TNTRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
TNBtransthoracic needle biopsy
TNTCTOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT
TOSTHORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
TPETUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
TPITRIGGER POINT INJECTION
TPPATreponema pallidum Particle Agglutination
TP-PATreponema pallidum Particle Agglutination
TPVTOTAL PROSTATE VOLUME
TRTRICUSPID REGURGITATION = LEAKY TRICUSPID VALVE
TRAThyrotropin-receptor antibody
TRABThyrotropin-receptor antibody
TRALITransfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
TRICKS(Noninvasive Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Angiography With) Time-Resolved Imaging of Contrast KineticS
TRTTESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
TRUSTRANS RECTAL ULTRA SOUND
TSTRICUSPID STENOSIS
TSTUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
TSTRICEPS SURAE (GASTROCNEMNIUS + SOLEUS)
TSCtuberous sclerosis complex
TSHTHYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
TSHRTSH RECEPTOR
TSIThyroid-stimulating Immunoglobulin
TSOTECHNICALLY SUBOPTIMAL STUDY
TSTTOTAL SLEEP TIME
TSTTUBERCULIN SKIN TEST
TTETRANS THORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
TTGTISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE
TTPTHROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
TTPTIME TO PEAK
TTSTARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
TTTTENDER TO TOUCH TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY
TTTTILT TABLE TEST
TTWBToe-touch weight-bearing
TTYTEXT TELEPHONE. TDD = Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TUMTTransurethral Microwave Thermotherapy of Prostate
TUNATransurethral Needle Ablation of the Prostate
TUVPTRANS URETHRAL VAPORIZATION OF PROSTATE (BY GREEN LIGHT LASER)
TVMTISSUE VELOCITY MAPPING
TVUSTRANS VAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY
TWTanner-Whitehouse
TW2Tanner-Whitehouse 2
TW3Tanner-Whitehouse 3
TWETriphasic Wave Encephalopathy
tztransformation zone OF CERVIX
TZDthiazolidinediones
TZVTRANSITION ZONE VOLUME (OF PROSTATE)
UACSUPPER AIRWAY COUGH SYNDROME
UARSupper airway resistance syndrome
UBPUPPER BACK PAIN
UCULCERATIVE COLITIS
UCVDPUNIVERSAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
UDCAursodeoxycholic acid (Ursodiol)
UFCUrine Free Cortisol
UFHUNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN
UGIUPPER GI
UGIBUPPER GI BLEED
UHTNUNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION
UIEPURINE IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS
UIFEURINE IMMUNOFIXATION ESSAY
UIPusual interstitial pneumonia
UKPDSUK Prospective Diabetes Study
ULNUPPER LIMIT OF NORMAL
UNEULNAR NEUROPATHY AT THE ELBOW
UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund
UNOUnited Nations Organization
UPEPURINE PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
UPINUNIFORM PROVIDER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
UPJURETEROPELVIC JUNCTION
UPPUrethral Pressure Profile
UPPPuvulopalatopharyngoplasty
USAUNSTABLE ANGINA
USANUS ADOPTED NAMES
USGSULTRASOUND GUIDED SCLEROTHERAPY
USPUnited States Pharmacopeial Convention
USPSTFU.S. Preventive Services Task Force
UUIURGE URINARY INCONTINENCE
UVULTRA VIOLET
UVAULTRA VIOLET A RAYS
UVARUltraviolet A Radiation
UVBULTRA VIOLET B RAYS
UVBRUltraviolet B Radiation
UVCPUnilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis (UVCP)
UVJURETEROVESICAL JUNCTION
UVPUVULOPALATOPLASTY - OPERATION FOR SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA
VAVISUAL ACUITY
VAVETERANS ADMINISTRATION
VAVERTEBRAL ARTERY
VADvincristine Adriamycin, Dexamethasone
VADVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
VAINvaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
VALVACCINES ADMINISTERED LOG
VATVestibular Autorotation Test
VBVERTEBROBASILAR
VBACVAGINAL birth after Caesarean
VCVITAL CAPACITY
VCDVOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
VCEVIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY
VCUGVOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM
VDRVITAMIN D RECEPTOR
VEVENTRICULAR ECTOPY
VEDVACUUM ERECTION DEVICE
VEGFVascular endothelial growth factor
VFCVACCINE FOR CHILDREN
VGCCAVoltage-gated Calcium Channel Antibody
VHLVON-HIPPEL LINDAU SYNDROME
VINvulvar intraepithelial neoplasia
VIPomavasoactive intestinal peptide Tumor
VISAVANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPH AUREUS
VLPVENTRICULAR LATE POTENTIALS
VLPPValsalva Leak Point Pressure
VNVISITING NURSE
VNGVideonystagmography
VORVestibular Ocular Reflex
VP ShuntVentriculo Peritoneal Shunt (CSF)
VPAVALPROIC ACID
VPAPVariable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure, SAME AS BPAP.
VPRVENTRICULAR PACED RHYTHM
VPTVIBRATORY PERCEPTION THRESHOLD
VREVANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS
VREFVANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM
VRSAVANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS
VSVibratory Snore
VSDVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
VTVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
VTEVENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
VTXVitrectomy
VURVESICOURETERAL REFLUX
VVCVolvovaginal Candidiasis
VVIVELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING
WACWHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST
WASWiskott-Aldrich syndrome
WBATWeight Bearing As Tolerated
WCHWhite Coate Hypertension
WFLwithin functional limits
WHFOWRIST HAND FINGER ORTHOSIS
WHO1. WRIST HAND ORTHOSIS 2. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WMAWALL MOTION ABNORMALITY
WNLWITHIN NORMAL LIMITS
WNWDWell Nourished, Well Developed
WRSTWRIST
WSDLWeb Service Definition Language
WUWORK UP
ZESZOLLINGER ELLISION SYNDROME