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Medical, Dental
terminology and abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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chief complaint | reason the patient seeks medical care |
diagnosis | physician's objective analysis of illness or injuries |
eponyms | conditions or procedures named after a person or place |
principal diagnosis | illness or injury that represents the outpatient's major health problem |
acute condition | sudden or severe illness or disease |
chronic condition | long term illness or disease |
tabular list | ICD-9-CM codes presented in numerical order with additional explanations and specifics |
DOB | date of birth |
Dx | diagnosis |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
V-codes | ICD-9-CM codes used when a person who is not currently sick encounters health services for a specific purpose |
E-codes | diagnostic codes for exernal causes of injury |
established patient | a patient who has an established chart and has received medical services within the last three years |
cross reference | ICD-9-CM Alphabetical Index which indicates where else to look for additional anatomical sites, or main terms |
diagnosis code | number used to identify a specific medical condition |
new patient | A patient who has never received care from the provider or it has bee more than three years since receiving care |
inpatient | patient admitted to a hospital for an overnight stay |
main term | organized alphabetic index written in bold |
outpatient | patient gets tests or treatment in the hospital and stays for 23 hours or less, usually not overnight |
sub-term | diagnostic term indented under the main term |
ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
NEC | not elsewhere classified |
NOS | not otherwise specified |