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abbr and vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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RBRVS | RESOURCE BASED RELATIVE VALUE SCALE |
IPPS | INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM |
OPPS | OUTPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM |
COB | COORDINATION OF BENEFITS |
CD | CONTACT DERMATITIS |
I | 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 BROWN TO BLACK PIGMENT |
LIPOCYTES | FAT CELL |
HYPERHIDROSIS | CONDITION OF SWEATING IN ONE ARE OR OVER THE WHOLE BODY |
FOLLICULITIS | AN INFLAMMATION OF HAIR FOLLICLES |
KOILONCHIA | 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 BITTING OR NAIL EATING |
CONTUSION | INJURY TOUNDERLYING TISSUES WITHOUT BREAKING OR TEARING THE SKIN (BRUISE) |
ECCYMOSIS | LARGE, IRREGULAR ARE OF PURPLISH DISCOLORATION DUE TO BLEEDING UNDER THE SKIN LARGER THAN 10 mm |
HEMANGIOMA | BENIGN TUMOR MADE UP OF MEWLY FORMED BLOOD VESSELS |
PRURITUS | (ITCHING) ASSOCIATED WITH MODT FORMS OF DERMATITIS |
SCLERODERMA | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER IN WHICH THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE 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 MUSCLE(LID LIFT) |
ELECTROLYSIS | USE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT TO DESTROY HAIR FOLLICLES IN ORDER TP PRODUCE THE RELATIVELY PERMANENT REMOVAL OF UNDESIRED HAIR |
RHINOPHYMA | OVERGROWTHOF TISSUES OF THE NOSE ALSO KNOWN AS BULBOUS NOSE |
PAPILLOMA | BENIGN SUERFICIAL, WART LIKE GROWTH ON THE EPITHELIAL TISSUE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY |
PEDICULOSIS | INFESTATION WITH LICE |