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terminology and abb
coursre 3540
Question | Answer |
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RBRVS | Resource Based Relative Value Scale |
IPPS | Inpatient Prospective Payment System |
OPPS | Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
IDS | Intergrated Delivery System |
COB | Coordination of Benefits |
CD | Contact Dermatitis |
I & D | Incision and Drainage |
BCC | Basal 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 to black pigment |
Lipocytes | Fat Cell |
Hyperhidrosis | Condition of sweating in one area of over the whole body |
Folliculitis | Inflammation of the hair follicles |
Koilonychia | malformation of the nail in which the outer surface in concave or scooped out like the bowl of a spoon |
Onychocryptosis | Ingrown toenail |
Onychophagia | nail biting of nail eating |
Contusion | injury to underlying tissues without breaking or tearing skin(bruise) |
Ecchymosis | Large, irregular area of purplish discoloration due to bleeding under the skin larger than 10 mm |
Hemangioma | Benign tumor made 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 | surgical removal of excess skin and fat around the face to eliminate wrinkles(face lift) |
Electrolysis | use of electric current to destroy hair follicles in order to produce the relatively permanent removal of undesired hair |
Rhinophyma | overgrowth of the tissues of the nose , also known as bulbous nose |
Ichthyosis | Dry thickened and scaly skin |
Papilloma | benign superficial,wart like growth on epithelial tissue or elsewhere in the body. |
Pediculosis | Infestation with lice |