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AHA   American Hospital Association  
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AHIMA   American Health Information Management Association  
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CMS   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)  
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NCHS   National Center for Health Statistics  
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CC   complications and comorbidities  
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MCC   Major complications and comorbidities. MS-GRGs  
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MS-DRGs   Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups  
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Sequela   is the residual effect (condition produced)  
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Coding of sequela   generally requires two codes sequenced in the following order: The condition or nature of the sequela is sequenced first. The sequela code is sequenced second.  
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Impending   about to occur  
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Arthritis   Arthropathy, Osteoarthritis  
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serology   The branch of science concerned with serum, especially with specific immune or lytic serums;  
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ST segment   The part of an EKG tracing that begins at the end of a QRS complex, contains the J point, and ends at the beginning of the ensuing T wave.  
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queried   To express doubt or uncertainty about  
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sepsis   Systemic infection by pathogenic microorganisms, especially bacteria, that have invaded the bloodstream, usually from a local source.  
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exacerbation   To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of  
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postoperative   Happening or done after a surgical operation.  
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Reactive arthropathy   infection is identified in the body, but the organism and antigen are not identified in the joint.  
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postinfective arthropathy,   the antigen is present, but the recovery of the organism is not constant, and there is no evidence that a microorganism is multiplying  
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Atrophic disorders of skin   scar  
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hallax valgus / bunion   an abnormal deviation of the big toe away from the midline of the body or toward the other toes of the foot  
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uncontrolled diabetes   E10.65 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with hyperglycemia  
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ASD   atrial septal defect  
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fetal   newborn, liveborn  
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Status(post)   shunts, inplant etc Z98  
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Respirator   ventilator  
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Dependency   Z99  
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Altered   Alteration  
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bruit, cardiac   heart murmur  
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abnormal - specimen   Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis R83-R89  
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Abnormalities of breathing R06    
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BMI   body mass index Z68  
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underweight   R63.6  
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laceration   rough, jagged tear (open wound )  
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symptomatic   pertai ning to a symptom or symptoms.  
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asymptomatic   showing no evidence of disease.  
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congenital   of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment,  
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HIPAA   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: U.S.  
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