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Abbreviation & Terminology
Question | Answer |
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RBRVS | Resource Based Relative Value Scale |
IPPS | Inpatient Prospective Payment System |
OPPS | Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
IDS | Integrated Delivery System |
COB | Coordination of Benefits |
CD | Contact dermatitis |
I & D | Incision and Drainage |
BCC | Basal cell carcinoma |
caut | Cauterization |
debr | Debridement |
Ecz | Eczema |
PS | Psoriasis |
ST | Sclerotherapy |
SCC | Squamous cell carcinoma |
MM | Malignant melanoma |
Cutaneous | Relating to the skin |
Melanocytes | Relating to special cellls of the basal cell layer containing a dark brown to black pigment |
Lipocytes | Fat cells |
Hyperhidrosis | Condition of sweating in one area or over the whole body |
Folliculitis | Inflammation of the hair follicles |
Koilonychia | Spoon nail |
Onychocryptosis | Ingrown toenail |
Onychophagia | Nail biting or eating |
Contusion | Injury to the underlying tissue without breaking the skin |
Ecchymosis | Large irregular area of purplish discoloration due to bleeding under the skin |
Hemangioma | A benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels |
Pruritus | Associated with most forms of dermatitis itching |
Scleroderma | Autoimmune disorder in which the connective tissues become thickened and hardened |
Blepharoplasty | Surgical reduction of the eyelid lid lift |
Rhytidectomy | Surgical removal of excess skin and fat around the face to eliminate wrinkles facelift |
Electrolysis | Use of electric current to destroy hair follicles in order to produce the relatively permanent removal of undesired hair. |
Rhinophyma | Overgrowth of the tissues of the nose bulbous nose |
Ichthyosis | Dry thickened and scaly skin |
Papilloma | Benign superficial wart like growth on the epithelial tissue or elsewhere in the body |
Pediculosis | Infestion of lice |