Question | Answer |
ASCVD | Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease |
MI | Myocardial Infraction |
ROS | Review of System |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
NEC | Not Elsewhere Classified |
NOS | Not Otherwise Classified |
CC | Chief Complaint |
ICD-9-CM | International Classification review Disease Ninth Revision Clinical Modification |
CMIT | Current Medical Information Terminology |
NIDDM | Type ll Diabetes/ noninsulin diabetes mellitus |
HTN | Hypertension |
MSP | Medicare Secondary Payer |
IDDM | Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Type l diabetes |
NPO | Nothing by Mouth |
Q | Each or Every |
DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition |
Cheif Complaint | Primary reason for the encounter |
Combination Code | A code from one section of the procedural code book combined with a code from another section that is used to completely describe a procedure performed. |
Global Surgery Code | A surgical pre and postoperative visit not requiring additional trips to the OR are included in one fee per medicare policy. |
Adverse Effect | An unfavorable, detrimental, or pathologic reaction to a drug |
Etiology | The cause of disease; the study of the cause of disease |
Intoxication | A diagnostic coding term that relates to an adverse, affect rather than a poisoning when drugs are involved. |
Italicized Code | A diagnostic code in icd-9-cm, volume 1, tabular list, that may be sequenced as the principal diagnosis. |
Late Effect | An inactive residual effect condition procedure after the acute phase of an illness or injury has ended. |
Malignant Tumor | An abnormal growth that has the properties of an invasion and metastasis |
Not Otherwise Specified | Unspecified used in ICD-9-CM numeric code system for coding diagnoses |
Physician Fee Profile | A compilation of each physician’s charges and payments |
Poisoning | A condition resulting from an overdose of drugs or chemical substance or from the wrong drug taken in error. |
Slanted Bracket | A symbol used with a diagnostic code on ICD-9-CM, volume 2, alphabetic index indicating the code may never sequenced as the principal diagnosis. |
Secondary Diagnosis | A reason subsequent to the primary diagnosis for an office or hospital encounter. |
In Situ | A description applied to a malignant growth confined to the site of origin without invasion of neighboring. |
Metastasis | Process in which tumor cells spread and transfer from one organ to another site |
Not Elsewhere Classified | This term id used in ICD-9-Cm diagnostic coding system when the code lacks the information necessary to code the term in a more specific category. |
E-Codes | ICD-9-CM codes used to describe external cause of injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects. |
V-Codes | ICD-9CM codes used to identify health encounter from other than illness or injury. |
Combination | A disease or condition arising during the course of as a result of, another disease modifying medical care requirements. |