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abbr and vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |