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term & abrrev 4040w3
4040 wk 3Terminology and abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WC | Workers Compensation |
| ERISA | Employee retirement Income security act |
| Feca | Federal employees compenstion act |
| WP | Waiting period |
| SIF | Subsquent Injury Fund |
| TD | Temporary Disabilty |
| ND | Non Disablity |
| P & S | Permanent and Stationary |
| C & R | Compromise and release |
| CRX | Chest Xray |
| ML | Medical Legal |
| POA | Present on addmission |
| MDC | Major Diagnostic Categories |
| DRG | Diagnosis related group |
| OPPS | outpatient propective payment system |
| PPS | Prospective payment system |
| Tcs | Transaction and code set |
| AHA | American Hospital Assocition |
| Adjudication | The final determination of the issues invovling settlement of an insurance claim |
| Extraterritorial | Benefits under a state law that apply to a comensable injury of an employee hired in one state but injured outside that state |
| INJURY | THIS TERM SIGNIFIES ANY TRAUMA OR DAMAGE TO A BODY PART OR DISEASE SUSTAINED, ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT |
| ERGONOMIC | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT SEEK TO FIT THE ANATOMIC AND PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE WORKPLACE |
| DEPOSITION | THE PROCESS OF TAKING SWORN TESTIMONY FROM A WITNESS OUT OF COURT |
| COMPROMISE AND RELEASE | AN AGRREMENT ARRIVED AT WHETHER IN OR OUT OF COURT FOR SETTLING A WORKERS COMPENSATION CASE AFTER THE PATIENT HAS BEEN DECLARED PERMANENT AND STATIONARY |
| PERMANENT AND STATIONARY | A PHRASE USED WHEN A WORKERS COMPENSATION PATIENT'S CONDITION HAS BECOME STABILIZED AND NO IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED |
| PERMANENT DISABILITY | AN ILLNESS OR INJURY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE INJURED WORKER |
| SEQUELAE | DISEASED CONDITION AFTER AND USUALLY RESULTING FROM A PREVIOUS DISEASE |
| SUB ROSA FILMS | VIDEO TAPES MADE W/OUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT USED TO INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS CLAIMS IN WORKERS COMPENSATION CASES |
| SUBSEQUWNT INJURY FUND | A SPECIAL FUND THAT ASSUMES ALL OR PART OF THE LIABILITY FOR BENEFITS PROVIDED TO A WORKER BECAUSE OF THE COMBINED EFFECT OF A WORK RELATED IMPAIRMENT AND PREEXISTING CONDITION |
| TEMPORARY DISABILITY | THE RECOVERY PERIOD AFTER A WORK RELATED INJURY DURING WHICH THE EMPLOYEE IS UNABLE TO WORK AND THE CONDITION HAS NOT STABILIZED |
| THIRD PARTY LIABILITY | IS RATED ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY, THE AGE OF THE INJURED PERSON, AND THE PATIENT'S OCCUPATION AT THE TIME OF INJURY |
| THIRD PARTY SUBROGATION | THE TRANSFER OF CLAIMS AND RIGHTS FROM THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR TO THE THIRD PARTY LIABILITY CARRIER |
| WAITING PERIOD | THE INITIAL PERIOD OF TIME WHEN A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS EBEN THOUGH THEY ARE UNABLE TO WORK |
| WORK HARDENING | AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OF THERAPY USING SIMULATED PR REAL JOB DUTIES TO BUILD UP STRENGTH AND IMPROVE THE WORKERS ENDURANCE |
| WORKER'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE | A CONTACT THAT INSURE A PERSON AGAINST ON THE JOB INJURY OR ILLNESS |
| OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE | AN ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISORDER BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED W/ EMPLOYMENT |
| LIEN | A CLAIM ON A PROPERTY OF ANOTHER AS SECURITY FOR A DEBT |
| BY REPORT | A REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED W. THE CLAIM WHEN THE NOTATION "BR" FOLLOWS THE PROCEDURE CODE DESCRIPTION |
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