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certified medical billing and coding

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Term
Definition
Anterior   Front surface of body  
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Poterior   Back  
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Deep   away from surface  
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Superficial   close to surface  
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Proximal   near  
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Distal   Far  
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Inferior   Below  
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Superior   Above  
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Medial   Middle/Inside  
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Lateral   side/outside  
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Supine   lying on back  
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Prone   lying on belly  
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O   objective information  
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Hx   history  
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HPI/PI   history of present illness/present illness  
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H & P   History and Physical  
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C/O   Complains of  
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CC   Chief Complaint  
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A & W   Alive and Well  
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A   assessment  
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tox/o toxic/o   poison  
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therm/o   heat  
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son/o   sound  
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scler/o   hard  
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psych/o   mind  
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ped/o   child or foot  
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gynec/o   woman  
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gen/o   organ or production  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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pneum/o pneumon/o   air or lung  
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neur/o   nerve  
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nephr/o ren/o   kidney  
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nas/o rhin/o   nose  
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my/o muscul/o   muscle  
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hist/o   tissue  
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cyt/o   cell  
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derm/o dermat/o cutane/o   skin  
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col/o colon/o   colon  
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cephal/o   head  
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aden/o   gland  
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abdomin/o lapar/o   abdomen  
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hydro/o   water  
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aer/o   air or gass  
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melan/o   black  
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leuk/o   white  
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erythr/o   red  
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cyan/o   blue  
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-stasis   stand or stop  
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-icle -ole -ula -ule,   small  
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-plasty   surgical repair or reconstruction  
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-oma   tumor  
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-rrhea   discharge  
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-algia -dynia   pain  
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neo-   new  
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post-   after or behind  
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tachy-   fast  
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brady-   slow  
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tri-   three  
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quardi-   four  
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poly- multi-   many  
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mono- uni-   one  
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micro   small  
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hypo-   below or deficient  
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hemi- semi   half  
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bi-   two or both  
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sub- infra-   below or under  
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circum- peri-   around  
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a- an-   without  
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plural of -y   -ies  
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plural of -ax   -aces  
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sub-   below or under  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -ous -tic   pertaining to  
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peri-   around  
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-tomy   incision  
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-ology   study of  
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-itis   inflamation  
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ur/o urin/o   urine  
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oste/o   bone  
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hepat/o   liver  
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hem/o hemat/o   blood  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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enter/o   small intestine  
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cardi/o   heart  
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angi/o vas/o vascul/o   vessel  
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protein   protein  
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lip/o   fat  
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plural of -us   -i  
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path/o   disease  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-lysis   breaking down or dissolution  
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troph/o   nourishment or development  
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lith/o   stone  
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sten/o   narrow  
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-iasis   formation or presence of  
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anti- contra-   against or opposed to  
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retro-   backward or behind  
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-graphy   process of recording something  
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-cele   hernia or pouching  
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plural of -um   -a (example; bacterium to bacteria)  
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-ectasis   expansion or dilation  
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-emia   blood condition  
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plural of -ex or -ix   -ices (ex: appendix to appendices  
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-malacia   softening  
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orth/o   normal, straight or correct  
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or/o   mouth  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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acr/o   extremity or topmost  
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ultra-   excessive or beyond  
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OH   occupational history  
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plural of -on   -a (ex: phenomenon to phenomena)  
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-stomy   creation of an opening  
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-y   process of or condition  
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morph/o   form  
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-ptosis   downward, displacement or falling  
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-phil -philia   attraction for  
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-poiesis   formation  
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-gram   record  
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plural of -ma   -mata  
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hyper-   excessive  
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oligo-   few or deficient  
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esthesi/o   sensation  
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py/o   pus  
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-al -eal   pertaining to  
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plural of -a   -ae  
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endo-   within  
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-e   general indicator that a word is a person, place or thing  
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-desis   binding  
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plural of -is   -es  
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inter-   between  
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ecto- exo- extra-   outside  
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-penia   abnormal reduction  
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onc/o   tumor or mass  
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crin/o   to secrete  
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-graph   instrument for recording something  
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meta-   after, beyond or change  
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necr/o   death  
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R/O   rule out  
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ROS, SR   review of symptoms or symptoms review  
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S   subjective information  
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SH   social history  
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Sx   symptoms  
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UCHD   usual childhood disease  
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WNL   within normal limits  
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acute   a short course, or sharp;having intense, or often sever aymptoms  
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chronic   a condition that develops slowly and persists over a period of time  
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benign   noncancerous or mild  
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malignant   cancerous or harmful  
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degeneration   gradual deterioration of normal cells and body functions  
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degenerative disease   any disease in which deterioration of the structure or function of tissue occurs  
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diagnosis   determination of the presence of a disease based on an evaluation of symptoms, signs and test findings  
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etiology   study of cause of disease  
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excerbation   increase in severity of a disease, with aggravation of symptoms  
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remission   a period in which symptoms and signs stop or abate  
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febrile   relating to a fever  
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idiopathic   a condition occurring without a clearly identified cause  
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localized   limit to a definite area or part  
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systemic   relating to the whole body rather than to only a part  
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malaise   a feeling of uneasiness or discomfort; often the first indication of illness  
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marked   significant  
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morbidity   sick; a disease state  
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mortality   the state of being subject to death  
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prognosis   foreknowledge; prediction of the likely outcome of a disease based on general health status of a patient along with knowledge of the usual course of the disease; often noted in one word (good or bad)  
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progressive   pertaining to the advance of a condition as the signs and symptoms increase in severity  
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prophylaxis   a process or measure that prevents disease  
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recurrent   to occur again; describes a return of symptoms and signs after a period of rest or inactivity  
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sequela   a disorder or condition usually resulting from a previous disease or injury  
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sign   a mark; objective evidence that can be seen or verified by an examiner  
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symptom   subjective evidence of disease that is perceived by the patient and often noted in his or her own words  
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syndrome   a running together; combination of symptoms and signs that give a distinct clinical picture indicating a particular condition or disease  
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noncontributory   not involved in bringing on the condition or result  
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unremarkable   common; not out of the ordinary or significant  
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CCU   coronary (cardiac) care unit  
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ECU   emergency care unit  
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ER or ED   emergency room or emergency department  
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ICU   intensive care unit  
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IP   inpatient (registered bed patient)  
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OP   outpatient  
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PACU   post anesthetic care unit  
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PAR   Post anesthetic recovery  
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