difine the 50 abbr, acronyms,
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| Sx | Symptons Subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance
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| Hx | History
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| Px | An acronym for Physical Exam
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| Dx | Abbreviation for Diagnosis
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| MEDCIN | A medical, nomenclature and knowledge base developed by medicomp systems inc. It is incorporated in many commerical EHR systems
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| DM | Diabetes Mellitus
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| RX | Abbreviation for Therapy( including prescriptions)
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| HEENT | An acronym for head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
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| HIT | Acronym for health information technology also healthcare information technology
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| GI/GU | Acronym for gastrointestinal/genitourinary
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| ROS | Acronym for review of systems
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| Sig | Instructions for labeling prescriptions
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| URI | acronym for upper respiratory infection
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| CC | Cheif complaint
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| HPI | acronym for history of present illness
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| E/M | evaluation and management codes
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| PFSH | past history, family history, social history
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| CBC | Complete blood count
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| EMR | electronic medical record
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| MDM | Medical decision making
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| NEC | not elsewhere classified
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| NOS | not otherwise spcified
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| OIG | office of inspector general
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| Primary diagnosis | main reason patient came to office
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| ENT | ears, nose and throat
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| Dis | apart
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| -blast | immature cells, germ cells
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| bradykinesia | slowness of motion or movement
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| neuromyopathic | Pertaining to a disease, condition involving both nerves and muscles
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| myofibroma | tumor that contains muscle and fiber
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| myoplasty | surigcal repair of a muscle
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| tenodesis | surgical binding of a tendon
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| massage | kneading that applies pressure and friction to external body tissue
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| con- | with, together
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| quadri- | four
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| dacty/o | finger and toes
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| -oid | resemble
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| -ceps | head
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| =ure | process
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| combination codes | a code from radiology section as well as a code from one of the other sections. must be used to fully describe the procedure
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| multiple coding | also known as dual coding. use of more than one icd-9-cm code to identify both etiology and manifestopn of a disease
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| morphology code | the science of the form and structure of organisms
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| neoplasm | new tumor growth that can be benign or malignant
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| in situ | malignancy that is within the orignal site of development and has not invaded neighboring tissue
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| benign | not progressive
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| malignant | used to describe cancerous tumor
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| malignant hypertension | Accelerated severe form of hypertension, Manifested by headaches, blurred vision, dyspena and uremia usally cause permanment + organ damage
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