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3510 term & Abbr wk1
3510 Teminology and abbreviations week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MSPH | Multiskilled Health Practitioner |
| CAP | Claims Assistance Professional |
| CPC | Certified Procedural Coder |
| CCS | Certified Coding Specialist |
| CECP | Certified electronic Claims Processor |
| GED | General Equivalency Diploma |
| CLIA | Clincal Laboratory Improvment Amendments |
| AHIMA | American Health Information Management Association |
| CPT 4 | Current Procedural Teminology 4th edtion |
| AAPC | American Academy of Professional Coders |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Conrtol and Prevention |
| PCP | Primary Care Physician |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| CAM | Complementary/Alternative Medicine |
| Arteriosclerosis | Hardening and narrowing or the arteries do to build up of cholesterol plaque. |
| Endoscopy | The visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or organ by means of an endoscope |
| Gastralgia | Pain in the Stomach |
| Arthoplasty | Surgical repair of a damaged joint. |
| Pyrosis | Heart Burn |
| Myorrhaphy | Specializes in diagnosis and treating diseases and disorders of the nervous system |
| Hepetitis | above to stomach area |
| Neurorrhexis | Rupture of a nerve |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| Cardiolgy | the study of the heart |
| Hypogastic | Below the stomach abdomen region |
| Leukocytes | White Blood Cells |
| Rhineorrhea | Discharge from the nose,runny nose |
| Leukocytes | White Blood Cells |
| Tonsillitis | Inflamation of the tonsils |
| Hemorrahage | loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time |
| Arteriostenosis | Abnormal narrowing of an artery or arteries |
| Gerontologist | Specializing in diagnosing and treating disease, disorders and problems associated with aging |
| Enteroscopy | visual examination of the small intestine |
| Pericardium | The tissue surrounding the heart |