Question | Answer |
RBRVS | Resource Based Relative Value Scale |
IPPS | (Hospital)Inpatient Prospective Payment System |
OPPS | (Hospital)Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
IDS | Intergrated Delivery System |
COB | Coordination of Benefits |
CD | Contact Dermatitis |
I | Incision and Drainage |
BCC | Basel Cell Carcinoma |
Caut. | cauterization |
debm | debridement |
Ecz | eczema |
PS | psoriasis |
ST | sclerotherapy |
SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
MM | malignant melanoma |
Cutaneous | relating to the skin |
Melanocytes | relating to special cells of the basal cell layer containing a dark brown to black pigment |
Lipocytes | fat cell |
Hyperhidrosis | condition of sweating in one area or over the whole body |
Folliculitis | an inflamation of hair follicles |
Koilonychia | malformation of the nail in which the outer surface inconcave or scooped out like the bowl of a spoon |
Onychocryptosis | ingrown toenail |
Onychophagia | nail biting or nail eating |
Contusion | injury to underlying tissues without breaking or tearing the skin (bruise) |
Ecchymosis | large, irregular area of purplish discoloration due to bleeding under the skin larger than 10mm |
Hemangioma | benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels |
Pruritus | (itching) associated with most forms of dermatitis |
Scleroderma | autoimmune disorder in which the connective tissues become thickened and hardened |
Blepharoplasty | surgical reduction of the upper and lower eyelids by removing excess fat,skin,and muscle (lid lift) |
Rhytidectomy | (face lift) surgical removal of excess skin and fat around the face to eliminate wrinkles |
Electrolysis | use of electric current to destroy hair follicles in order to produce the relatively permanent removal of un desired hair |
Rhinophyma | overgrowth of tissues of the nose also known as bulbous nose |
Ichthyosis | dry,thickened and scaly skin |
Papilloma | benign superficial,wart-like growth on the epithelial tissue or elsewhere in the body |
Pediculosis | infestation with lice |