MO-110 Acronyms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
AAPC | American Academy of Professional Coders |
ACMPE | American College of Medical Practice Executives |
ACS | American College of Surgeons |
AHDI | Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity |
AHIMA | American Health Information Management Association |
AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
APC | Ambulatory Payment Classification |
ARLNA | Association of Record Librarians of North America |
CCOW | Clinical Context Object Workgroup |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CIS | Clinical Information System |
CMT | Certified Medical Transcriptionist |
COO | Chief Operating Officer |
CTR | Certified Tumor Registrar |
DISA | Data Interchange Standards Association (within ANSI) |
DRG | Diagnosis-Related Group |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
HCPCS | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
HIM | Health Information Management |
HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIS | Health Information System |
HIT | Health Information Technology; Health Information Technician |
HL7 | Health Level 7 (within ANSI) |
ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
IOM | Institute of Medicine |
IT | Information Technology |
AHA | American Hospital Association |
ALOS | Average Length of Stay |
AMA | Against Medical Advice; also American Medical Association |
ANA | American Nurses Association |
ASHA | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
CAT | Computerized Axial Tomography |
CCC | Certificate of Clinical Competence |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CNO | Chief Nursing Officer |
CRNA | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
ER | Emergency Room or Emergency Department |
HCA | Home Care Aide |
HHA | Home Health Aide |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
LVN | Licensed Vocational Nurse |
LOS | Length of Stay |
MD | Medical Doctor |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MSO | Management Service Organization |
OT | Occupational Therapist |
PA | Physician Assistant |
PT | Physical Therapist |
RD | Registered Dietitian |
RN | Registered Nurse |
RT | Respiratory Therapist |
SA | Surgeon Assistant |
SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility |
CAP | College of American Pathologists |
CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly known as Health Care Financing Administration) |
COB | Coordination of Benefits |
COP | Conditions of Participation (Medicare) |
CPT-4 | Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition |
DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
EIN | Employer Identification Number |
EPHI | Protected Health Information in Electronic Form |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (now referred to simply as the Joint Commission) |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding (between Government entities) |
NPI | National Provider Identifier |
OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
PHI | Protected Health Information |
PIN | Personal Identification Number |
PPS | Prospective Payment System |
PRO | Peer Review Organization (now Quality Improvement Organization) |
PSRO | Professional Standards Review Organization |
QIO | Quality Improvement Organization (formerly Peer Review Organization) |
UM | Utilization Management |
WAN | Wide-Area Network |
MGMA | Medical Group Management Association |
NAHQ | National Association for Healthcare Quality |
NCRA | National Cancer Registrars Association |
OR | Operating Room |
Portable Document Format | |
RFID | Radio-Frequency Identification |
RHIA | Registered Health Information Administrator |
RHIT | Registered Health Information Technician |
SDO | Standards Developing Organization (within ANSI) |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
CT | Computed Tomography (also CAT, Computerized Axial Tomography) |
DEEDS | Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems |
DNR | Do Not Resuscitate |
ECG | Electrocardiogram (also ECG) |
EEG | Electroencephalogram |
EKG | Electrocardiogram (also ECG) |
HEDIS | Health Plan Employer Data and Information System |
HPI | History of Present Illness |
IDN | Integrated Delivery Network |
MDS | Minimum Data Set |
MPI | Master Patient Index |
NCDB | National Caner Data Base |
NCVHS | National Committee on Vital Health Statistics |
NHIN | National Health Information Network |
OASIS | Outcome and Assessment Information Set |
PACS OR PAC SYSTEM | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
PHR | Personal Health Record |
RAI | Resident Assessment Instrument |
RHIO | Regional Health Information Organization |
SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
UACDS | Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set |
UAMCMDS | Uniform Ambulatory Medical Care Minimum Data Set |
UCDS | Uniform Clinical Data Set |
UHDDS | Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set |
CD | Compact Disk |
DVD | Digital Video Disk |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent Employee |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
ABN | Advance Beneficiary Notice |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
CDR | Clinical Data Repository |
CPOE | Computerized Physician Order Entry; Computerized Provider Order Entry |
CPRI | Computer-Based Patient Record Institute |
CT SCAN | Computerized Tomography Scan |
DUR | Drug Utilization Review |
Dx | Diagnosis |
ECG OR EKG | Electrocardiogram |
Hx | History |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
OB | Obstetrics |
Px | Physical Examination |
Rx | Therapy (Including Prescriptions) |
SNOMED-CT | SNOMED Stands for Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine; CT Stands for Clinical Terms |
ADT | Admission, Discharge, Transfer system |
CDR | Clinical Data Respiratory |
CPOE | Computerized Physician Order Entry; Computerized Provider Order Entry |
DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DUR | Drug Utilization Review |
ECG | Electrocardiiogram |
EMT | Emergency Medical Technician |
ER | Emergency Room or Department |
IV | Intravenous |
LIS | Laboratory Information System |
MPI | Master Patient Index |
NMDP | National Marrow Donor Program |
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