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• CORS — Coronary Angiogram
• SOC.HX — Social history
• EX PREM — Ex premature
• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• CONT'D — Continued
• AX — assessment
• AANP — American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• NP-C — Nurse Practitioner - Certified
• CTA — Clear To Auscultation (medical; lungs)
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• ANTI-DVT — Anti deep venous thrombosis
• 5DS — Dizziness, diplopia, drop attacks, dysorthria, dysphagia
• DOSS — Dysphagia outcome severity scale
• PAEDS — Paediatrics
• IVT — Intravenous Therapy
• ADH — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
• SF-36 — Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey
• IX — Investigation
• TARDE — In the evening
• TITLE XIX — Grants to States for medical assistance programs
• WC — Water Closet (in building plans)
• EMTALA — Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
• TTWB — Toe Touch Weight Bearing
• N&V — Nausea & Vomiting
• PPHI — People's Primary Healthcare Initiative
• U&E — urea and electrolytes (blood test)
• ICRBBB — Incomplete right bundle branch block
• COPD — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• POHC — Professional Occupational Health Care
• POHC — professional oral health care
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• X-MATCH — crossmatch
• NBFD — Neville Barnes forceps delivery
• MES — Medicare Entitlement System
• RIP — Rest in Peace
• DM — Diabetes mellitus
• MANE — in the morning
• PAC — Premature Atrial Contraction
• FTND — Full Term Normal Delivery
• P.R.N — When required
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• ECG — Electrocardiogram
• MAS — Motor Assessment Scale
• HVS — High Vaginal Swab (medical test)
• DOB — Date Of Birth
• CABG — Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• X/24 — Where x = number of hours
• AEDF — Absent End Diastolic Flow
• E.G — For example

• HXPC — History of present complaint
• IPPV — Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• MSG — Message
• KVO — Keep Vein Open
• I:E RATIO — Inspiratory to expiratory ratio
• C OF E — Church of England
• FI02 — Fractioned inspired oxygen
• PAHM — Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• 1O — Primary
• ROM — Range Of Motion
• COB — close of business (End of duty day)
• CVA — Cerebrovascular Accident
• T.D.S — Three times daily
• CWMS — Colour, warmth, movement, sensation
• SOBOE — Shortness of Breath on Exertion
• A.M — Morning before twelve
• MM — Millimeter
• STAT — Immediately (from Latin statim)
• T.I.D — Three Times Daily
• N ENGL J MED — New England Journal of Medicine
• NOK — Next Of Kin
• BA.ENEMA — Barium enema
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• PASP — Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
• STAH — Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy
• SSN — Social Security Number
• PA.CO2 — Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
• P.M — Afternoon
• V. FIB — Ventricular fibrillation
• GHPPS — Group Health Plan Payment System
• MEQ — Milliequivalent
• BPM — Beats Per Minute
• O.D — Once daily
• FFD — Fixed Flexion Deformity
• PHA — Pediatric Healthcare Associates
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• PHCH — Pediatric Health Care Home
• PMHA — Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance's
• UAMCDS — Uniform Ambulatory Medical Care Data Set
• PHSS — Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• PHA — Purdue Healthcare Advisors
• RSV — Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• M CO — Medicare Choice Organization
• A.FIB — Atrial fibrillation
• WHO — World Health Organization
• OG — Orogastric
• THR — Total Hip Replacement

• PA.O2 — Partial pressure of arterial oxygen
• IVS — interventricular septum
• UHDDS — Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• LMP — Last Menstrual Period
• A2HA — American Association of Hospital Accountants
• ZN STAIN — Ziehl Neelsen stain
• AAA — American Automobile Association
• A.FLUTTER — Atrial flutter
• E.COLI — Escherichia coli
• ACOG — American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• M C NSF — Medicare Choice National Standard Format
• AMI — acute myocardial infarction
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• BA.MEAL — Barium meal
• SVD — Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
• OCC.HEALTH — Occupational Health
• HDID — HI Daily Identification
• DDX — Differential Diagnosis
• CQI — Continuous Quality Improvement
• ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
• BA.SWALLOW — barium swallow
• M.D.U — As directed
• Q.Q.H — Every four hours
• C.DIFF — Clostridium difficile
• NKA — No Known Allergies
• TPQY — Third Party Query System
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CGA — Contact guard assistance
• TBD — To Be Determined
• N&R — Needs & Requirements
• DOA — dead on arrival
• PEEP — positive end expiratory pressure
• DFSRH — Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
• FWB — Full Weight Bearing
• HCO3 — Bicarbonate
• IV — Intravenous
• ABC — airway, breathing, circulation
• Q.6.H — Every six hours
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• Q.D — Once daily
• LUS — Lower Uterine Segment
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• ADHA — American Dental & Hygienists Association
• CRNP — Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
• W4O — Women 4 Oncology
• XIXED — Title 19 Entitlement Date
• RVOT — Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
• W.CHAIR — Wheelchair
• DRG — Diagnosis Related Group

• Q.D.S — Four times daily
• X2 — Twice
• IDPN — Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
• GRADE V — high velocity thrusting movement beyond end range of motion
• ASC.AO. — Ascending aorta
• LAP.& DYE — Laparoscopy and dye
• QDWI — Qualified Disabled and Working Individual
• HBCAB — Hepatitis B Core Antibody
• AACN — American Association of Colleges of Nursing's
• Q.12.H — Every twelve hours
• DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
• APTTR — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Ratio
• Q.4.H — Every four hours
• OFC — Occipitofrontal Circumference
• HAASC — Hospital Affiliated Ambulatory Surgical Center
• QAHB — Quality Assurance Program Handbook
• PAF — Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
• W.END — Weekend
• COBRA — Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
• LCX — Left Circumflex Artery
• PAPVR — Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
• EMRSS — Electronic Medical Record Storage Systems
• C3F8 — Perfluoropropane
• G#P# — gravida#Para#
• DX — Diagnosis
• CSE — combined spinal epidural anaesthesia
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• CRRT — Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• S/HMO — Social Health Maintenance Organization
• AABB — American Association of Blood Banks
• LSLY — Left side lying
• CVP — Central Venous Pressure
• CV — Cardiovascular
• ADL — activity of daily living
• RVSP — Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure
• BSHCM — Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management
• OP — Overpayment
• DEPT — Department
• LVEDP — CO)-left ventricular end diastolic pressure
• ULTT — Upper Limb Tension Test
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• KG — Kilogram
• AMA — American Medical Association
• ? — Query
• LVOTO — Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
• ACGIH — American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
• LBS — Pounds weight
• UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• GASTROC — Gastrocnemius

• DOD — Date Of Death
• AFO — Ankle-Foot Orthosis
• ACBT — Active Cycle of Breathing Technique
• UPS — United Parcel Service, Inc.
• APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
• PTA — Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
• REC'D — received
• DASMB — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget
• ISQ — In Status Quo
• HCP — Health Care Professional
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• AAA — abdominal aortic aneurysm
• SBFT — Small Bowel Follow Through
• OAUSC — On auscultation
• CABWF — Combined A/B Working File
• BEMOC — Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
• BP — Blood Pressure
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• NACRH — National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• BIBA — Brought In By Ambulance
• PO — Post Office
• BGL — Blood Glucose Level
• PCP — Primary Care Physician
• HASEALP — HA Search Alpha Program
• CDC — Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• ALT DIE — On alternate days
• LDH — Lactate dehydrogenase
• BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
• EHL — Extensor Hallucis Longus
• NKDA — No Known Durg Allergies
• MCO — Managed Care Organization
• PMHX — Past Medical History
• BSS — Blood sugar series
• BX — Biopsy
• PACEMKR — Pacemaker System
• IADL — Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
• CTS — Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• BTL — Bilateral Tubal Ligation
• NO — Number
• TB — Tuberculosis
• PEARL — Pupils Equal and Reacting to Light
• AGA — Appropriate Gestational Age
• RIF — Right Iliac Fossa Pain
• ARC — American Red Cross
• HCDS — Health Care Delivery Systems
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• RBBB — Right Bundle Branch Block
• ABG — Arterial Blood Gas "Sats"
• & — Ampersand

• GRADE IV — small amplitude movement into resistance
• FOIA — Freedom of Information Act
• APR-DRG — all payer refined - diagnosis related groups
• CCU — Coronary Care Unit
• WFL — Within Functional Limits
• ANA — Antinuclear Antibody
• AS — American Samoa
• APPT — Appointment
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• INFO — Information
• TIBC — Total Iron Binding Capacity
• RNNP — Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner
• FHR — Fetal Heart Rate
• MMSE — Mini Mental State Examination
• LBBB — Left Bundle Branch Block
• BAWO — Bilateral antral washout
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• LAB — Laboratory
• NPI — National Provider Identifier
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• LSCS — Lower Segment Caesarean Section
• NA — Not Applicable
• ARF — Acute Renal Failure
• ENROLL — Enrollment
• MMHG — Millimetres of mercury
• DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
• PRVC — Pressure Regulated Volume Control
• EIN — Employer Identification Number
• OT — Occupational Therapy
• EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• GU — Genitourinary
• ED — Emergency Department
• CR — Continuing Resolution
• MMDDYY — MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear
• QMB — Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
• CPAP — Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• TPA — Third Party Administrator
• HIN — Health Industry Number
• C — with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c")
• EBL — Estimated Blood Loss
• TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
• @ — at
• BOS — Base of Support
• NIV — Non Invasive Ventilation
• MSA — Medical Savings Account
• FICA — Federal Insurance Contribution Act
• AQL — Acceptable Quality Level
• AAO — American Academy of Ophthalmology
• NACL — Sodium Chloride

• DKA — Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
• AMA — Against Medical Advice
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• CMM — Capability Maturity Model
• CRF — Chronic Renal Failure
• OASDI — Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance
• IM — Intramuscular
• I&O — Intake & Output
• AD LIB — As much as desired
• RO — Regional Office
• ECHO — Echocardiogram
• NP — Nurse Practitioner
• AAP — American Academy of Pediatrics
• FU — Follow-Up
• IPA — Independent Practice Association
• H — Hour
• RVOTO — Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• AACN — American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• WCC — White Cell Count
• DHH — Department of Health and Hospitals
• NWB — Non Weight Bearing
• SSI — Supplemental Security Income
• IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram
• TPA — Tissue Plasminogen Activator
• LVOT — Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
• PEA — Pulseless Electrical Activity
• GP — General Practitioner
• FLP — Fasting Lipid Profile
• PWB — Partial Weight Bearing
• REHAB — Rehabilitation Evaluation Hall and Baker
• MIN — Minimum
• DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
• PHCP — Primary Health Care Provider
• CPR — Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
• AGI — Alan Guttmacher Institute
• AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
• SOAP — Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
• DI — Disability Insurance
• IMP — Impression
• HX — History
• CJD — Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• CONS — Consultant
• SSA — Social Security Administration
• AVA — Aortic Valve Area
• WT — Weight
• TC.D — Transcerebral diameter
• PVD — Peripheral Vascular Disease

• MAX — Maximum
• ADD — Attention Deficit Disorder
• CHOL — Cholesterol
• MAP — Mean Arterial Pressure
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• PAPVD — partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
• INR — International Normalised Ratio
• EOB — Explanation Of Benefits
• DPNS — Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation
• NEG — NEGative
• CPK — Creatine Phosphokinase
• URTI — Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
• ESR — Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
• ADA — American Dental Association
• BMI — Body Mass Index
• SNF — Skilled Nursing Facility
• O2 — Oxygen
• RSI — Repetitive Strain Injury
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• SNAG — Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides
• TPL — Third-Party Liability
• CHO — Carbohydrate
• MSSA — Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus
• LOS — Length of Stay
• UVJ — Ureterovesical Junction
• AAPD — American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• NICU — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• EOMB — explanation of medical benefits
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• TS.& AS — Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy
• IOM — Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Science, U.S.)
• SIDS — Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Y2K — Year 2000
• HTN — Hypertension
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• ADM — Admission
• MMDDCCYY — Month-Month/Day-Day/Century-Century/Year-Year
• CRNA — Certified registered nurse anesthetist
• CCF — Congestive Cardiac Failure
• LOE — Level Of Effort
• PPS — Prospective Payment System
• LOC — Loss of Consciousness
• SS — Social Security
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• RN — Registered Nurse
• HR — Heart Rate
• RR — Respiratory Rate

• LAT — Lateral
• EGA — Estimated Gestational Age
• IPD — Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis
• NCOA — National Change Of Address
• PADL — Personal Activities of Daily Living
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• GHJ — Glenohumeral Joint
• RIH — Right Inguinal Hernia
• AAFP — American Academy of Family Physicians
• POST — Posterior
• KCL — Potassium Chloride
• SGA — Substantial Gainful Activity
• CMV — Cytomegalovirus
• FHX — Family History
• VAS — Visual Analogue Scale
• CAP — Community Acquired Pneumonia
• I&D — Incision and Drainage
• PHN — Public Health Nurse
• EMEVS — Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
• INF — Inferior
• PVC — Premature Ventricular Contraction
• ECF — Extended Care Facility
• TF — transfer
• TIDAL PD — Tidal peritoneal dialysis
• G — Gram (g)
• AKA — Above Knee Amputation (orthopaedic Usage)
• C&S — Culture and Sensitivity
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• PEFR — Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (lung Function)
• C — Celsius
• APHA — American Public Health Association
• CU — Copper (Latin Cuprum)
• NFR — Not for Resuscitation
• PCR — Polymerase Chain Reaction
• AVL — Available
• PHI — Protected Health Information
• NOCTE — At night
• AAHA — American Association of Homes for the Aging
• BSA — Body Surface Area
• AACR — American Association for Cancer Research
• NAIC — National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• BMR — Basal Metabolic Rate
• VOL — Volume
• YR — Year
• AAHP — American Association of Health Plans
• AAN — American Academy of Nursing
• HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
• ACS — Acute Coronary Syndrome
• LBM — Lean Body Mass

• RDS — Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• AD — Alzheimer's Disease
• OPO — Organ Procurement Organization
• RM — Registered Midwife
• HOS — Health Outcomes Survey
• ACS — American Cancer Society
• SSA — Social Security actuaries
• CRCL — Creatinine Clearance
• ANP — Adult Nurse Practitioner
• STD — sexually transmitted disease
• LVH — Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
• AAPCC — American Association of Poison Control Centers
• GCS — Glasgow Coma Scale
• IU — International Unit
• ZIP 4 — 9 digit ZIP Code Plan
• PI — Pulsatility Index
• SCORE — Service Corps Of Retired Executives
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• AABH — Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
• PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
• ACC — American College of Cardiology
• TA — Technology Assessment
• ALB — Albumin
• T2DM — Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• FSH — follicle stimulating hormone
• MI — Myocardial Infarction
• RUQ — Right Upper Quadrant
• COA — Change of Address
• LVF — Left Ventricular Failure
• ICP — Intracranial Pressure
• IVSD — Interventricular septum in diastole
• FBS — fasting blood sugar
• AAKP — American Association of Kidney Patients
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• EOS — Eosinophil
• MIB — Medical Information Bureau
• URO — Utilization Review Organization
• FACCT — Foundation for Accountability
• STNR — Symmetric Tonic Neck Reflex
• TMP — Transmembrane Pressure
• EFW — Estimated Fetal Weight
• MED-ED — Medical Education
• DSH — Deliberate Self-Harm
• LRTI — Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
• PPROM — Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
• LTC — Long Term Care Program
• AHIMA — American Health Information Management Association
• QAPI — Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
• AFDC — Aid to Families with Dependant Children

• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• NSR — Normal Sinus Rhythm
• A&E — Accident & Emergency
• FVC — Forced Vital Capacity
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• LIF — Left Iliac Fossa
• NPRM — Notice Of Proposed Rule Making
• BPD — Biparietal Diameter
• OSHA — Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• OGD — Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
• RZF — Rollator zimmer frame
• HDU — High Dependency Unit
• SBE — Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
• ORTHO — Orthopaedics
• CPSC — Consumer Products Safety Commission
• NPU — not passed urine
• SVRA — Self-ventilating on room air
• LCC — Life Cycle Cost
• CDT — Current Dental Terminology
• HICN — Health Insurance Claim Number
• LBP — Low Back Pain
• BIC — Beneficiary Identification Code
• PCA — Patient-Controlled Analgesia
• CRP — Cold Reactive Protein
• AVR — Aortic Valve Replacement
• RV — Review
• VBG — Venous Blood Gas
• FBC — Full Blood Count
• BSO — Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
• CCPD — continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
• OASDHI — Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance
• DOEH — Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance
• AOA — American Osteopathic Association
• DILV — Double Inlet Left Ventricle
• RRT — Renal Replacement Therapy
• TL — Tubal Ligation
• METS — Metastases
• SSDI — Social Security Disability Insurance
• ACNP-C — Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Certified
• INCL — Include
• IVC — Inferior Vena Cava
• LSO — Left Salpingo-Oophorectomy
• TAH — Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
• SMQC — System for Monitoring Quality of Care
• HCAHPS — Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems
• PR — Per Rectum
• OA — Osteo-Arthritis
• CHA — Catholic Health Association
• CA — Carcinoma
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease

• CK — Creatine Kinase
• CHB — Complete Heart Block
• TCI — To Come In (hospital appointments)
• OHA — Oral Hypoglycaemic Agent
• IUGR — Intrauterine Growth Retardation
• PUD — Peptic Ulcer Disease
• TCOM — Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring
• ECHO — Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
• OCP — Oral Contraceptive Pill
• AAHSA — American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• APA — American Psychiatric Association
• AVNRT — Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia
• ASO — An Administrative Services Only
• BCA — Board of Contract Appeals
• D&C — Dilatation and Curettage
• GD — Grade
• PET SCAN — Positron emission tomography scan
• EF — Ejection Fraction
• ADAMHA — Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (now SAMHSA)
• VSD — Ventricular Septal Defect
• ACNP — Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• BG — Blood Glucose
• NLP — Neuro-Linguistic Programming. A modern scientific model for communication and self-development. See the NLP section for more information. 'Neuro' refers to the way your brain and senses, interprets and process your experiences. 'Linguistic' refers to the
• STD — Short-term disability
• PIH — pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome
• ALOS — Average Length Of Stay
• PCEA — Patient controlled epidural analgesia
• DC — Discharge
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• RX — Treatment
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• PD — Peritoneal Dialysis
• PND — Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnoea
• IVI — Intravenous Infusion
• ADAP — AIDS Drug Assistance Program
• ANT — Anterior
• BBB — Bundle Branch Block
• TEMP — Temperature
• FAAN — Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
• FESS — Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• HHC — Home Health Care
• PT — Prothrombin Time
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• LUQ — Left Upper Quadrant
• PPIVM — Passive physiological intervertebral movements
• XIX — Title 19 Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs
• AAPHR — American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
• BP — Business Partner
• IBW — Ideal Body Weight
• STM — Short Term Memory

• B.D — Twice daily
• HIPPS — Health Insurance Prospective Payment System
• TOS — Type Of Service
• S — second (do NOT use "sec" for "second;" use "sec" for "secant")
• TKR — Total Knee Replacement
• NTD — Neural Tube Defect
• OGTT — Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
• CPT — Current Procedural Terminology
• AORN — Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
• MSN — Master Of Science In Nursing
• CAPA — Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse
• CNP — Certified Nurse Practitioner
• PEP MASK — Positive expiratory pressure mask
• AVM — Arteriovenous Malformation
• CPQC — Claims Processing Quality Control
• PSWD — Pulsed Short-Wave Diathermy
• SSOP — Second Surgical Opinion Program
• US — Ultrasound
• TP — Third Party
• AHA — American Heart Association
• AKI — Acute Kidney Injury
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• AROM — Active Range Of Motion
• ECT — ElectroConvulsive Therapy
• DIPJ — Distal Interphalangeal Joint
• UBW — Usual Body Weight
• TM — Tympanic Membrane
• ABR — American Board of Radiology
• OSH ACT — Occupational Safety & Health Act
• BPP — Biophysical Profile
• PCI — Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• NHI — National Health Insurance
• FDOES — First Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance
• PGE — Prostaglandin E
• OPPS — Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• FTT — Failure To Thrive
• PTA — Prior To Admission
• GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
• POC — Plan of Care
• NDR — National Death Repository
• MMOL — millimole
• NG — Nasogastric
• MMIS — Medicaid Management Information System
• IIHI — Individually Identifiable Health Information
• TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
• ERPC — Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception
• PEJ — Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy
• NLM — National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
• CCT — Controlled Cord Traction
• OCC — occasional

• HCPCS — Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
• DOM/N — Director of Midwifery/Nursing
• RVH — Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
• IG — Immune Globulin
• HIB — Hospital Insurance Benefits
• PFR — Pelvic Floor Repair
• DW — Discussed with
• MCA — Middle Cerebral Artery
• PPAM AID — Pneumatic post amputation mobility aid
• MTPJ — Metatarsophalangeal Joint
• FH — Fetal Heart
• LP — Lumbar Puncture
• SAO2 — Arterial Oxygen Saturation
• SMIB — Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• HCV — hepatitis C virus
• HHPPS — Home Health Prospective Payment System
• ENT — Ear nose and throat
• SE — Selenium
• SHX — Social History
• NMS — Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
• ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (for a generic drug)
• GDM — Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
• BBA — Born Before Arrival
• ABI — Ankle/Brachial Index
• D&V — Diarrhoea and Vomiting
• CP — Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey
• OD — OverDose
• STI — sexually transmitted infection
• CXR — Chest X-Ray
• CMN — Certified Medical Necessity
• YYYY — Four-Digit Year
• NSAID — Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
• ACF — Administration for Children and Families
• PMC — Patient Management Categories
• POS — Positive
• FSE — Fetal Scalp Electrode
• MVR — Mitral Valve Replacement
• RCA — Right Coronary Artery
• NOF — Neck Of Femur
• GIT — Gastrointestinal Tract
• T19 — Title XIX of the Social Security Act
• PDMA — Prescription Drug Marketing Act
• LDL — Low-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• HT — Heights
• SOP — Status of Provider
• OP — Outpatient
• IOL — Intraocular Lens
• CCRN — Critical Care Registered Nurse
• APG — Ambulatory Patient Group

• PHT — Pulmonary Hypertension
• SVC — Superior Vena Cava
• DVT — Deep Vein Thrombosis
• CMP — Comprehensive Medical Plan
• FDS — flexor digitorum superficialis
• ENP — Emergency Nurse Practitioner
• RLQ — Right Lower Quadrant
• IMV — Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
• FFP — fresh frozen plasma
• MROP — Manual Removal of Placenta
• DLBCL — diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• SSG — Split Skin Graft
• MR — Mitral Regurgitation
• VBAC — Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
• BMT — Bone Marrow Transplantation
• CX — Cervix
• BA — Barium
• SROM — Spontaneous rupture of membrane
• LCD — Local Coverage Determination
• K — Potassium
• PDA — Posterior Descending Artery
• IPJ — Interphalangeal Joint
• AB — Apnoea/Bradycardia
• INV — inversion
• KCAL — kilocalories
• ICD — Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• COLD — Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• NIBP — Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
• GTT — Glucose Tolerance Test
• COP — Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
• # — Fracture
• LLQ — left lower quadrant
• PSIS — Posterior Superior Iliac Spine
• SSD — Source to skin distance
• ACJ — Acromioclavicular Joint
• PTT — Partial Thromboplastin Time
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• UPIN — Unique Physician Identification Number
• PLTS — Platelets
• REV — Revision
• CSOM — Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
• GORD — gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
• CVS — Cardiovascular System
• NRA — National Rifle Association
• TCPO2 — Transcutaneous Oxygen Pressure
• CAP.REFILL — Capillary refill
• NA — Sodium (Latin ''Natrium'')
• BOAN — Beneficiarys Own Account Number
• PERT — Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy
• TFVT — Tension free vaginal tape

• BHO — Behavioral Health Organization
• ANT.LAT — Anterolateral
• ECV — External Cephalic Version
• NCA — Nurse Controlled Analgesia
• ITP — Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
• YO — Year Old
• DRNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• HME — Home Medical Equipment
• MRT — Medical Review Team
• RV — Right Ventricle
• PTA — Post Traumatic Amnesia
• CEA — Carotid Endarterectomy
• RBG — Random Blood Glucose
• AAF — Aplastic Anemia Foundation
• EDBO — EDB Online
• CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• CABS — Carrier Access Billing System
• CN — Claim Number
• PNF — Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
• NIMH — National Institute of Mental Health
• CPHRM — Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management
• REM — Rapid Eye Movement
• HDL — High-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• MDT — Multidisciplinary Team
• VIA — By Means Of (By Way Of)
• NB — Note Bene
• LCL — Lateral Collateral Ligament
• RNI — Reference Nutrient Intake
• RA — Risk Assessment
• KAFO — Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis
• SC — Subcutaneous
• FLEX — flexion
• HYBC — Hypothetical Base Year Calculations
• RH — Rhesus factor
• NAD — No Abnormality Detected
• DNA — Did Not Attend
• IPPB — intermittent positive pressure breathing
• RQ — Respiratory Quotient
• ALS — Advanced Life Support
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• PE — pulmonary embolus
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• MSHCM — Master of Science in Health Care Management
• SSH — Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• RGN — Registered General Nurse
• OHSS — Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
• OCPD — Optichoice peritoneal dialysis
• ANNA — American Nephrology Nurses' Association
• FI — Fiscal Intermediary

• HMS — Healthcare Management System
• HHABN — Home Health Advanced Beneficiary Notice
• APACHE — Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation
• USS — ultrasound scan
• BENDEX — Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange System
• IP — Intraperitoneal
• PID — pelvic inflammatory disease
• OP — Outpatient Pharmacy
• EXT — Extension Shelf
• MPIES — Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility System
• ROT — Rotation
• GCT — Glucose Challenge Test
• NOI — Notice of Intent
• BLS — Basic life support
• PEG — Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
• ISCLT — International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology
• CA2 — Calcium Ion
• CHAP — Community Health Accreditation Program
• AMC — Academic Medical Center
• ABN — Advanced Beneficiary Notice
• ARM — Artificial Rupture of Membranes
• TDD — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
• LTCF — Long Term Care Facility
• HQPAF — Healthcare Quality Patient Assessment Form
• MRTAG — Mortality Review Technical Advisory Group
• ASIS — Anterior Superior Iliac Spine
• STEMI — ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• ANA — Administration for Native Americans
• HMR — Healthcare Management Resources
• SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
• BBS — Berg Balance Scale
• PIPJ — Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
• MPFS — Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• MEDS — Medication
• HC — Head Circumference
• HRT — Hormone Replacement Therapy (man-made drugs used to ease the symptoms of menopause)
• EBM — Expressed Breast Milk
• PPV — Pars Plana Vitrectomy
• ET — Endotracheal
• MN — Manganese
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.
• LIH — Left Inguinal Hernia
• ETCO2 — end-tidal CO2
• CPAF — Cost Plus Award Fee (Type of Contract)
• BEE — Basal Energy Expenditure
• SCD — Sickle Cell Disease
• MAU — Medical Assessment Unit
• HI — Head Injury

• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• BHX — Birth history
• NDC — National Drug Code
• ANP — Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• NPO — Nil per oral
• SHO — Senior house officer (UK)
• FBM — Fetal Breathing Movement
• MS — Mitral Stenosis
• NAS — Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• DR — Doctor
• SWETZ — Short wire excision of transformation zone
• OM — Obtuse Marginal
• LGA — large for gestational age
• RTI — Respiratory Tract Infection
• STATS — Statistics
• ID — Infectious Disease
• MECCA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
• HBV — hepatitis B virus
• RHA — RHeumatoid Arthritis
• AACG — Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
• PRICER — PPS pricing software for inpatient stays system
• QI — Quality Indicator
• SSN — Senior Staff Nurse
• DUR — Drug Utilization Review
• RC — Roman Catholic
• EPO — Exclusive Provider Organization
• C2H5OH — Alcohol
• NAHC — National Association for Home Care and Hospice
• MRS-1 — Medical Review System Version 1
• EROT — External rotation
• TBW — Tension Band Wiring
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• CDM — Charge Description Master
• CEMOC — Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
• IG — Implementation Guide
• HPOA — Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy
• MCL — Medial Collateral Ligament
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• ACSI — American Customer Satisfaction Index
• FFS — Fee-For-Service
• HAV — Hepatitis A Virus
• IN PT — In Patient
• IFT — Interferential Therapy
• ANA — American Nurses Association
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• MCUG — Micturating Cystourethrogram
• EUM — Examination under Microscope
• MINS — Minutes
• VMA — Vanillymadelic Acid
• VAD — Ventricular Assist Device

• NOA — Notice of Admission
• AKF — American Kidney Fund
• AIIS — Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine
• LOA — Left Occipitoanterior
• 2 — Secondary to
• CRB — Change Review Board
• PHP — Partial Hospitalization Program
• IHD — Ischaemic Heart Disease
• RA — Right Atrium
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• ITT — Insulin Tolerance Test
• ADC — Adult Day Care
• FET — Forced Expiratory Technique
• YOB — Year Of Birth
• DISA — Data Interchange Standards Association
• PU — passed urine
• DESI — Drug Efficacy Study & Implementation Program
• HHRG — Home Health Resource Group
• ABPANC — American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc.
• SEER — Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
• JVP — Jugular Venous Pressure
• OE — On Examination
• LAA — Left Atrial Appendage
• ACHE — American College of Healthcare Executives
• NICHD — National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• TOP — Termination Of Pregnancy
• AK — Above Knee
• FS — Frozen Section
• APS — Acute Physiology Score
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• PFO — Patent Foramen Ovale
• HPI — Healthcare Performance Improvement
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• HCT — haemoglobin content, haematocrit
• HIMA — Health Industry Manufacturers Association
• RSD — Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• EMS — Elderly Mobility Scale
• SPR — Specialist registrar (UK)
• FNS — Food and Nutrition Service
• PPN — Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition
• CWF/MSP — Common Working File / Medicare Secondary Payer
• PR — Peer Review
• FFP — Federal Financial Participation
• EAL — Evaluation Assurance Level
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• TAPVD — Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
• MAP — Medical Assistance Program
• CVC — Central Venous Catheter
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AADA — Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application

• MCH — Maternal and Child Health Program
• STD — Short Term Disability
• FDG — Fluorodeoxyglucose
• ICF — Intermediate Care Facility
• CDE — Certified Diabetic Educator
• TIB.& FIB — Tibia & Fibula
• N2 — Nitrogen
• NIPPV — Non Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• ST — Sinus Tachycardia (cardiac)
• PEM — Protein Energy Malnutrition
• SIR — System Improvement Request
• GRADE II — large amplitude movement well into the range of movement
• NHA — Nursing Home Administrator
• IVU — Intravenous Urogram
• MBN — Medicare Benefit Notice
• FROM — Full Range Of Motion
• HSE — Health Service Executive
• BHI — Behavioral Healthcare Incorporated
• IOC — Inspection of Care
• GVHD — Graft Versus Host Disease
• AONE — American Organization of Nurse Executives
• AVB — Atrioventricular Block
• TSR — Total Shoulder Replacement
• MMR — Measles, mumps, rubella
• DFLSD — Death File Limiting State Death
• UO — Urinary Output
• BIPAP — Bi-level intermittent positive airway pressure
• SADMERC — Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• ADT — Admission/Discharge Transfer
• SAD — Seasonal Affective Disorder
• DHS — Dynamic Hip Screw
• MAO — Medical Assistance Only
• GBS — Group B Streptococcus
• GCSF — Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor
• HBA1C — glycosylated haemoglobin type A1c
• PSW — Psychiatric Social Worker
• RAP — Request for Anticipated Payment
• CARF — Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• EXT — Extension File
• OPE — Oral Peripheral Examination
• MEDPAC — Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
• TMR — Transmyocardial Revascularization
• MN — Master of Nursing
• VMO — Vastus Medialis Oblique
• HDBUTE — Health Insurance Database Update Program
• AMCS — Automated Medical Coding System
• HCA — Hospital Corporation of America
• TORCH — Toxoplasmosis Other Rubella Cytomegalovirus Herpes
• BDPC — Breakthrough Drug Pricing Committee

• MA — Medicare Advantage
• RD — Retinal Detachment
• EPAU — Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
• PULSED SWD — Pulsed short wave diathermy
• QMRP — Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
• NAI — Non-Accidental Injury
• ACEI — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• PBSCH — Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest
• PCL — Posterior Cruciate Ligament
• MEDPAR — Medicare Provider Analysis and Review
• HHI — Home Health Intermediary
• BMA — Bone Marrow Aspirate
• SW — Social Worker
• PU/ME/DE — Public Use / Medical Effectiveness / Demonstration & Evaluation
• TTDH — Third Party Termination Date for Hospital Insurance
• PIN — Provider Identification Number
• WHNP — Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
• VA — Visual Acuity
• GPP — Group Practice Plan
• EXS — Exercises
• PWD — Persons With Disabilities
• PMB — Post Menopausal Bleeding
• AET — Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• MOB — Mobility
• SHL — Sonic Healthcare Limited
• RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
• HEP — hepatitis
• NHL — Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• RIG — Radiology inserted gastrostomy
• FACHE — Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives
• POP — Plaster of Paris
• NIA — National Institute on Aging
• T16 — Title XVI of the Social Security Act
• CHAMPUS — (U.S.) Civilian Health And Medical Program Of The Uniformed Services
• CCN — Claim Control Number
• IND — Independent
• ALT — Alanine Amino Transferase
• SAMSHA — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• PRO — Peer Review Organization
• PLAD — Posterior Lip Augmentation Device
• ADMS — Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services
• AML — Acute Myeloid leukaemia
• MRCP — Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
• CTEV — Congenital talipes equina varus
• PICC — Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
• MOD — moderate dysplasia
• FB — Foreign Body

• UA — Urinalysis
• EAC — External Auditory Canal
• DCIS — Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
• BT SHUNT — Blalock-Taussig Shunt
• NNP — Neonatal Nurse Practition
• IHS — Indian Health Service
• PKU — Phenylketonuria
• NF — Nursing Facility
• ACA — Amputee Coalition of America
• INFEROLAT — Inferolateral
• NND — Neonatal Death
• AAPC — American Association of Professional Coders
• HHA — Home Health Agency
• BUPA — British United Provident Association
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• COD — Change Of Dressing
• IYCF — Infant and Young Child Feeding
• SCL CANCER — Small cell lung cancer
• PHI — Personal Health Information
• UVC — Umbilical Venous Catheter
• TV — Tricuspid Valve
• ABH — Association of Behavioral Healthcare
• HBSAG — Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
• DDR — Discharge During Referral
• PTSD — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• PRO/FI — Professional Review Organization/Fiscal Intermediary
• EA — Emergency Assistance
• AUSC — Auscultation
• IUCD — Intrauterine Contraceptive Device
• O&P — Ova & Parasites
• ES — Emergency Service
• DEFIB — Defibrillation
• CVL — Central Venous Line
• EMSS — Emergency Medical Service System
• RT — Respiratory Therapy
• PSAX — Parasternal short axis
• DR — Doctor Robert (Beatles song)
• TURP — Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate
• HL7 — Health Level Seven (formatting and protocol standard)
• VITS — Vitamins
• DICOM — Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
• COBA — Coordination of Benefits Agreement
• LTM — Long Term Memory
• PIP — Peak Inspiratory Pressure
• CPT-4 — current procedural terminology, version 4
• AN — Account Number
• EV — eversion
• CAC — Carrier Advisory Committee
• SUP — Superior

• CALPERS — California Public Employees' Retirement System
• HCT — Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique
• HINN — HospitalIssued Notice of Noncoverage
• VQ — Ventilation perfusion quotient
• ECMO — Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• CTG — Cardiotocograph
• DUA — Data Use Agreement
• HI — Health Insurance
• FT — Full Term
• NFA — No Fixed Abode
• AZT — azidothymidine
• EVAR — Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
• TITLE XIV — Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled
• TTY — Text Telephones
• HMD — Hyaline Membrane Disease
• LOC — Level of Care
• MEQC — Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control
• XVI — Title 16 Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled or Aid & Medical Assistance for the
• BCL — Bandage Contact Lens
• IME — Indirect Medical Education
• FROM — Full Range of Movement
• CAH — Critical Access Hospital
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• ASR — Accreditation Summary Report
• OHCDS — Organized Health Care Delivery System
• ESKD — End Stage Kidney Disease
• GIC — General Inpatient Care
• L — Litre
• FOB — Faecal Occult Blood
• T1DM — Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus
• MPCC — Medicare Premium Collection Center
• LMA — Laryngeal Mask Airway
• CHAP — Child Health Assurance Program
• TITS — Trimming of Inferior Turbinates
• MSPPAY — Medicare Secondary Payor Payment Module
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• BATF — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
• CPM — Chronic progressive myelopathy
• ACR — American College of Radiology
• CCRC — Continuing Care Retirement Community's
• PNP — Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• CPR — Computerized Patient Record
• AMRA — American Medical Records Association
• LVAD — Left Ventricular Assist Device
• HIPE — Hospital In-Patient Enquiry
• WNPSC — Western Program Service Center
• NETZ — Needle excision of transformation zone
• ABPA — asthmatic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• SUI — Stress Urinary Incontinence
• EDF — Execution Diagnostic Facility

• MA — Medical Assistance
• CDR — Continuing Disability Review
• NCD — National Coverage Determination
• REG — Registrar
• PSV — Pressure support ventilation
• NHC — National Healthcare Corporation
• AAPCC — Adjusted Average per Capita Cost
• CPRI — Computer-based Patient Record Institute
• HCC — Hierarchical Condition Category
• PROM — Prolonged Rupture of Membranes
• MV — Mitral Valve
• MBD — Medicare Beneficiary Database
• AO.ROOT — Aortic root
• COT — Chain of Trust
• RT — Radiotherapy
• BC/BS — Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• TURBT — Transurethral resection of bladder tumour
• MMWR — Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• CMR — Comprehensive Medical Review
• CASPRO — Clinical Area Support PRO
• ACEP — American College of Emergency Physicians
• GHP — Group Health Plan, Inc.
• NCHS — National Center for Health Statistics standards
• LUPA — Low Utilization Payment Adjustment
• SCM MUSCLE — Sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle
• HIS — Healthcare Information System
• CHC — Community Health Center
• RSLY — Right side lying
• BNO — Bowels Not Opened
• TEE — Total Energy Expenditure
• MSN — Medicare Summary Notice
• HAI — Healthcare Associated Infection
• IABP — Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
• NRP — Network Resource Planning
• OWL — Older Women's League
• CHEMO — ChemoTherapy
• REPS — Repetitions
• BK — Below knee (transtibial)
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• EMU — Early Morning Urine
• ITU — Intensive Therapy Unit
• PACE — Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
• WOCN — Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses
• FMC — Foundation for Medical Care
• CNM — Clinical Nurse Manager
• CSU — collection of catheter specimen of urine
• FM — Fetal Movement
• BI DIR — Bidirectional
• WL — Waiting List
• PTB — Patella Tendon Bearing

• NH — Nursing Home
• FNA — fine needle aspiration biopsy
• COAG.SCREEN — Coagulation screen
• GXM — group and cross match
• SGA — small for gestational age
• LAVH — Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
• AHS — Amn Healthcare Services
• SNFMDS — SNF Minimum Data Set
• RECOM — Recommended
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• REE — intake/resting energy expenditure
• CAQH — Council for Affordable and Quality Healthcare
• BO — bowels opened
• MVA — Mitral Valve Area
• ANAES — Anaesthetic
• FAH — Federation of American Hospitals
• FES — FNS)/functional electrical stimulation
• FAS — Fetal assessment scan
• ROA — right occipitoanterior
• TA — Tendon of achilles
• PFTS — Pulmonary Function Tests
• DDE — Direct Data Entry
• NP — New Patient
• HCA — Health Care Assistant
• G&H — group and hold
• WZF — Wheeled Zimmer Frame
• IVUS — Intravascular Ultrasound
• SLR — Straight Leg Raise
• PN — parenteral nutrition
• RTA — Road Traffic Accident (British)
• UHG — Unified Healthcare Group (Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• SFD — Small for Dates
• TRACHY — Tracheostomy
• ABD — abdominal
• IUGR — intrauterine growth restriction
• JIA — Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• ERCP — Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography Procedures
• ZN — Zinc
• SR — Sinus Rhythm
• FASA — Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (nonprofit association representing the interests of ambulatory surgery centers)
• PCM — Palliative Care Management
• TVI — tissue velocity imaging
• IMA — Individual Medical Account
• TITLE XVIII — Health Insurance
• CSAP — Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• HEI — Healthcare Equality Index
• PECOS — Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
• HIICAP — Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program
• RCC — Ratio of Cost to Charges
• FASEB — Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's

• HCT — Health Care Team
• LCAC — Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor
• BRDPI — Biomedical Research and Development Price Index
• JCAHO — Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
• COB — Coordination of benefits
• LRD — Lifetime Reserve Days
• TICH — Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage
• PO4 — Phosphate
• DOS — Date of Service
• DMEPOS — Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics And Supplies
• TEDH — Third Party Entitlement Date for Hospital Insurance
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• FASC — Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center
• B.I.D — Twice daily
• DORV — Double Outlet Right Ventricle
• DHPC — Direct Healthcare Professional Communication
• EPHI — Electronic Protected Healthcare Information
• MIMS — Medicare Information Management System
• PLAX — Parasternal long axis
• C&C — Collar and cuff
• DOTS — Date of Termination of Supplementary Medical Insurance
• DAWN — (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
• GAMMA GT — gamma glutamyl transferase
• DI — Detrusor Instability
• ORIF — Open reduction and internal fixation
• HIC — Home Intensive Care
• BHI — Boots Healthcare International
• DOE — Dyspnoea on Exertion
• DOTH — Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance
• ADG — Ambulatory Diagnostic Group
• ADP — Alternative Disposition Plan
• CPV — Cost Per Visit
• SIJ — Sacroiliac Joint
• OAA — Old Age Assistance
• SECRETARY — Secretary of Health and Human Services
• CHIM — Center for Healthcare Information Management
• NDEP — National Diabetes Education Program
• NEJM — New England Journal of Medicine
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• CL — Chloride
• CPFF — Cost Plus Fixed-Fee
• GRADE I — small amplitude movement at beginning of range of movement
• HSA — Health Service Area
• CMSS — Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• AO.ARCH — Aortic arch
• CCA — Child Care Association
• CLFS — Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
• GA — general anaesthetic
• UAC — Umbilical Arterial Catheter

• SN — Staff Nurse
• ORHP — Office of Rural Health Policy
• NACDS — National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• MSU — Midstream Specimen of Urine
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• NMES — Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• ABS — Alkyl BenzeneSulfonate
• PHC — Providence Health Care
• MAU — Medical Admission unit
• WB — Weight Bearing
• NTT — nasotracheal tube
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• PPR IMI — Physician Payment Reform Impact Monitoring Initiative
• ASIM — American Society of Internal Medicine
• OOSA — Out of Service Area
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CPPC — Cost Plus Percentage-of-Cost
• MAN.DEX — Manual dexterity
• RICE — Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. (For the treatment of certain leg and foot injuries.)
• AAH — Alliance for Alternatives in Healthcare
• MPI — Medicare Provider Inventory
• BHE — Behavioral Healthcare Education
• HIT — Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• OIG — Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services
• NIDA — National Institute on Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health)
• P&N — Pins and needles
• NOCO — Northeastern Consortium
• FN — Febrile Neutropenia
• MAC — Maximum Allowable Cost
• SCHIP — State Child Health Insurance Program
• HCDS — Health Care Data Systems
• FAANP — Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• LLETZ — Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone
• OD — Occupational Disease
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• BC — Business Continuity
• CSII — Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• MFCU — Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
• EST — Exercise Stress Test
• TCRE — Transcervical resection of endometrium
• PEBES — Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement
• MNB — Manipulation of nasal bones
• DVA — Department of Veterans Affairs
• APRS — Aspiration-penetration rating scale
• DIS — Disabled
• APG — Ambulatory Payment Group
• APS — Attending Physician Statement
• IHC — Intermountain Health Care
• MG2 — Magnesium

• LOR — Loss of Resistance
• PLO — Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy
• RHC — Rural Health Center
• T10 — Title X of the Social Security Act
• ABPI — Ankle brachial pulse index
• TMA — Transitional Medical Assistance
• CHAMPVA — Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Veterans Administration
• SHIP — State Health Insurance Assistance Program
• CPR — Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable
• HYDRO — hydrotherapy
• CONC — concentrate
• EFM — electronic fetal monitoring, cardiotocography
• CHAMPUS — Civilian Health & Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services
• MAABD — Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind and Disabled
• PCP — Phencyclidine
• HIP — Health Insurance Plan
• BCG — Bacille Calmette-Guerine
• IWD — Individuals With Disabilities
• UPL — Upper Payment Limit
• MD — Medical Director
• PSPRICE — Physician Fee Schedule System
• A&A — Aids and Appliances
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• LW — Living With
• BC — Board Certified
• ICD — International Classification of Diseases
• NBME — National Board of Medical Examiners
• CORF — Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• MND — Motor Neurone Disease
• IMI — Infant Mortality Initiative
• CVAD — central venous access device
• AFR — Average Flow Rate
• DDH — developmental dysplasia of the hip joint
• VZIG — Varicella-Zoster Immune Globulin
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• RCCAC — Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs
• CHN — Community Healthcare Network
• LAB — Laboratory Animals Bureau
• NABP — National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
• PWD — Posterior Wall in Diastole
• SNP — Special Needs Plan
• AO.VALVE — Aortic valve
• CPO — Care Plan Oversight
• MRB — Medical Review Board
• PFJ — Patellofemoral Joint
• IEP — Initial Enrollment Period
• MULTIP — Multiparous
• PPHN — persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
• SLMB — Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary
• HWD — Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities

• CANDA — Computer Assisted New Drug Application
• CM — Centimetre
• NIMBE — Not Including Medicare Benefits Exhausted
• ASCO — American Society of Clinical Oncology's
• PV — Per Vagina
• PMMIS — Program Management and Medical Information System
• EOR — End of Range
• NDI — National Death Index
• PIIS — Posterior Inferior Iliac Spine
• FHH — Fetal Heart Heard
• DD — Developmental Disability
• LV — left ventricle of the heart
• TUAG — Timed up and go test
• PPRMS — Physician Payment Review Monitoring System
• ZF — Zimmer Frame
• CVVH — Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration
• MCPS — Medicare Claims Processing System
• S&P — Syringing and probing
• SEPSC — Southeastern Program Service Center
• EGHP — Employer Group Health Plan
• DCR — Dacryocystorhinostomy
• FAD — Focus to axis distance
• X/52 — Where x = number of weeks
• T2 — Title II of the Social Security Act
• HOP — Hospital Orientation Program
• DL — direct laryngoscopy
• GRADE III — large amplitude movement into resistance
• TAPVR — Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
• CAN — Claim Account Number
• TVS — Transvaginal scan
• DVAAP — Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program
• IP/SNF — Inpatient SNF
• HOOP — Healthcare Out Of Pocket
• IRF — Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• PARD — Provider Audit and Reimbursement Department
• NSTEMI — Non ST segment elevated myocardial infarction
• INO — Inhaled Nitric Oxide
• LAB — Laboratory Assessments Board
• HIDAD — HI Daily Actions Dispersion System
• LADA — Left anterior descending artery
• NPL — No Perception of Light
• COF — Carrier Option File
• BCBSA — Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association
• ASS — Assistance
• FLACC — Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability
• NME — National Medical Enterprises
• CDAD — Clostridium difficile-associated disease
• MEDTEP — Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program
• EN — Enteral Nutrition
• EST.REQ — Estimated requirements

• SVCO — Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
• FISS — Fiscal Intermediary Standard System
• COPC — Community-Oriented Primary Care
• EPO — Epidemiology Program Office
• LAB — Laboratory Accreditation Board
• MHB — Maximum Hospital Benefit
• PREM — Premature
• IHA — Integrated Healthcare Association
• RRB — Railroad Retirement Board
• ALC — Alternate Level of Care
• RNID — Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability
• SMM — State Medicaid Manual
• FAHM — Fellow, Academy for Healthcare Management
• NPDB — National Practitioner Data Bank (medical)
• ICF/MR — Intermediate Care Facility for Mental Retardation
• ADMC — Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage
• SSPE — Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• CHC — Certified in Healthcare Compliance
• TTN — transient tachypnoea of the newborn
• MRA — Minimum Retirement Age
• FEV1 — forced expiratory volume in one second
• CCLR — Claims Collection Litigation Report
• APTD — Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
• SNC — Skilled Nursing Care
• MR/UR — Medical Review / Utilization Review
• PICU — paediatric intensive care unit
• AHP — Accountable Health Plan
• EVS — Eligibility Verification System
• IUD — intrauterine death
• TENS — placebo-transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
• ADM — Advanced Diabetes Management
• NULLIP — nulliparous
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers
• VML — Vastus Medialis Longus
• FHNH — Fetal Heart not Heard
• NINDS — National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (National Institutes of Health)
• RCN — Registered Childrens Nurse
• PON&V — Post operative nausea & vomiting
• CSTE — Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists
• TITLE I — Grants to States for old age assistance & medical assistance for the aged
• MEDB — Medicare Part B
• AOPA — Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association Inc.
• BCF — Benefit Correction Form
• ACYF — Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
• BL — Black Lung
• CHPC — Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance
• CNSP — Clinical Nurse Specialist
• NHCA — Natural Health Care Alliance
• CHO — Community Health Organization
• SCJ — Sternoclavicular Joint

• AHRMM — Association for Healthcare Resource Materials Management
• ASTS — American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• PAG — Policy Advisory Group
• BIF — Benefit Information Form
• CTSS — Closed Tracheal Suction System
• AAFES — Army & Air Force Exchange Services
• PAHP — Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan
• DWA — Disabled Working Aged
• CAHHS — California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• GEP — General Enrollment Period
• TITLE II — Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits
• PFFS — Private Fee-For-Service Plan
• RO — Removal of
• IHC — Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
• NLN — National League of Nursing
• Q.I.D — Four times daily
• HCQIP — Health Care Quality Improvement Program
• RTS — Raised Toilet Seat
• VVF — Vesico vaginal fistula
• BERT — Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System
• PAIVM — Passive accessory intervertebral movements
• QWDI — Qualified Working Disabled Individuals
• CBR — Cost Based Reimbursement
• 9HPT — Nine hole peg test
• HPO — Healthcare Pricing Office
• TITLE X — Grants to States for aid to the blind
• DISP — Displacement
• APME — Advisory Panel on Medicare Education
• MDU — Medical Day Unit
• NSCL CANCER — Non small cell lung cancer
• DNVHC — Det Norske Veritas for Health Care
• OHDS — Office of Human Development Services
• IRC — Inpatient Respite Care
• ABPA — Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis
• MTSO — Medical Transcription Service Organization
• BMCHRD — Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development
• WPC — Washington Publishing Company
• NAG — Natural apophyseal glide
• OPTN — Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
• HRET — Hospital Research and Educational Trust
• MR/DD — mentally retarded/developmentally disabled
• M&M — Medicare and Medicaid
• GEST — gestation
• AE — Air Entry
• CREST — CREST syndrome
• COBC — Coordination of Benefits Contractor
• C OF I — Church of Ireland
• SEV DP — Severely Disabled Person
• DBE — Deep breathing exercises
• CASF — Carrier Alphabetic State File

• LOINC — Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
• FMF — fetal movement felt
• HC — Health Care
• TBG — true blood glucose
• OIG — Office of the Inspector General
• CBC — Capillary blood count
• VT — Very Terminal
• RFP — Right Frontoposterior
• PCH — Primary Care Hospital
• EDBW — EDB Workbench
• PCRS — Performance Control Reporting System
• ROAM — ROAR Master
• MT — metatarsal
• UHIN — Utah Health Information Network
• SVES — State Verification and Exchange System
• NKF — National Kidney Foundation
• ASTHO — Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• SMURF — State Medicaid Uniform Research File
• LVRS — Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• PIHP — Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan
• EDB — Enrollment Database
• TIA — Transient Ischaemic Attack
• SOR — Section Operating Report
• MCCA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
• AUSCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• TITLE XX — State operated home 477 entitlement program
• SVT — Supra Ventricular Tachycardia
• HIPDB — Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
• SHN — Safer Healthcare Now!
• TGA — transposition of the great arteries
• COP — Conditions of Participation
• HCI — Health Care Information
• NACHC — National Association of Community Health Centers
• UL — Upper Limb
• CRC — Central Remedial Clinic
• HAMS — Hamstrings
• EOC — Episode of Care
• BHCG — Beta human chorionic gonadotropins
• VICP — Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
• ECP — External Counterpulsation
• TITLE XXI — State Child Health Programs
• GHM — Global Healthcare Market
• NAV — Name and Address Verification
• MADS — Medicare Actuarial Data System
• LOL — Left occipito-lateral
• SG — Surgeon General
• LTCM — Long Term Care Management
• EDD — estimated date of delivery
• PA — Pulmonary Artery
• TPO — Treatment, Payment, Operations

• HCBD — Health Care and Benefits Division
• COTR — Contract Officer's Technical Representative
• ADOM/N — Assistant Director of Midwifery/Nursing
• HIS — Health Interview Survey
• UD — Ulnar deviation
• AHCP — Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals
• NAPH — National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems
• LA — local anaesthetic
• ADG-HOSDOM — Ambulatory Diagnostic Group Hospital Dominant
• BG — blood gases
• HIM — Health Insurance Manual
• NJ — Nasojejunal
• PRE OP — Pre operation
• HICPAC — Healthcare Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee
• OIC — Opportunity to Improve Care
• GUM — Genito-Urinary Medicine
• ATRA — American Therapeutic Recreation Association
• DF — dorsiflexion
• ROF — Regional Office Flag
• RCT — Registered Care Technologist
• CPT — Common Procedural Terminology
• T18 — Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
• NHO — National Hospice Organization
• PCP — Primary Care Paramedic
• APMA — American Podiatric Medical Association
• SCIC — Significant Change in Condition
• ALFA — Assisted Living Federation of America
• NRM — Notice of Rule Making
• CHTS — Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist
• IRQ — Inner range quadriceps
• DDS — Disability Determination Services
• CPAS — Claims Processing Assessment System
• CHI — Catastrophic Health Insurance
• SAMHSA — Supstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• X/12 — Where x = number of months
• NCQA — National Committee for Quality Assurance
• ABS — Annual Beneficiary Summary
• BRI — Benefit Rate Increase
• VX — Vertex
• PUDI — Prior Unqualifing Disabled Indicator
• PEP — Partial Episode Payment
• MECT — multiple electroconvulsive therapy
• IDWG — Intradialytic weight gain
• MAHA — McKinsey Advanced Healthcare Analytics
• EP STUDIES — Electrophysiological Studies
• TMD — Thyromental Distance
• SV — Self-ventilating
• RHCC — Rural Health Care Corporation
• SNR — Senior National Representative
• LTS — Lateral tarsal strip

• ROUG — Regional Office Users Group
• MHS — Medical History Sample
• TPCS — Third Party Code for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• ASL — Alternate side-lying
• MAPD — Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan
• RCC — Red Cell Concentrate
• BBRA — Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
• FCCA — Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966
• RSI — Retirement and Survivors Insurance
• PPLS — Policy Planning Liaison Staff
• PVL — Periventricular Leucomalacia
• MBE — Medicaid Budget and Expenditures
• NAPHS — National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
• HICAN — Health Insurance Claim Account Number
• AVERT — AntiVirus Emergency Response Team
• FBR — Federal Benefit Rate
• CHN — Community Health Network
• I.E — that is
• AHCP — American Health Care Professionals
• AWCH — Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare
• NAHDO — National Association of Health Data Organizations
• RNT — Registered Nurse Tutor
• MCSC — Medicare Customer Service Center
• PNCB — Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• PO — per oral
• PSC — Program Service Center (Social Security Administration)
• MSP — Medicare Secondary Payor
• ECLS — Extracorporeal Life Support
• CCRC — Continuum of Care Residential Center
• ECS — Extended Care Services
• TFTS — thyroid function tests
• APA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• CERTS — Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics
• PROMPTS — Peer Review Organization Monitoring Protocol & Tracking System
• CHFP — Certified Healthcare Financial Professional
• SCH — Sole Community Hospital
• HCAC — Health Care Accreditation Council
• NHIS — National Health Interview Survey
• CWF — Common Working File
• DIB — Disability Insurance Beneficiary
• YPH — Young Professionals in Healthcare
• ACR — Adjusted Community Rate
• HH — Home Health Care
• EFA — low-essential fatty acids
• MS — Mental Status
• CKMB — Creatine kinase isoenzyme
• PRS — Prepayment Review System
• NCGME — National Council on Graduate Medical Education
• CPM — continuous passive movement
• MIB — Medical Insurance Bureau

• QUADS — quadriceps
• IOL — Induction of Labour
• ALIF — Anterior lumbar intervertebral fusion
• OCR — Office of Civil Rights
• IOP — Intra Ocular Pressure
• FHHR — Fetal Heart Heard and Regular
• BAC — Beneficiary Advisory Committee
• ALK.PHOS — Alkaline Phosphatase
• PRAF — Physician Reviewer Assignment Format
• ISC — Intermittent Self-Catheterisation
• EMB — Eligible Medicare Beneficiary
• CMD — Carrier Medical Director
• BIF — Beneficiary Insurance File
• NACHRI — National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
• AVC PUMP — Anterior venous compression pump
• HCR — Health Care Reform
• RE.-ED — Re-educate
• ACH — American College of Healthcare
• TSPINE — Thoracic spine
• HCRA — Health Care Reimbursement Account
• HSA — Health Services Administration
• NDMS — National Disaster Medical System
• DHMS — Defense Healthcare Management Systems
• BEAM — Brain Electrical Activity Mapping
• GHPS — Group Health Processing System
• NCPSSM — National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
• HRG — Health Research Group
• NCQHC — National Committee for Quality Health Care
• NSH — National Surgical Healthcare
• AP4 — Apical 4 chamber
• ACRP — Adjusted Community Rate Proposal
• HCAI — Health Care Acquired Infection
• AHCA — American Health Care Association
• TR — Tricuspid Regurgitation
• GF — Gluten Free
• VMS — Viable Information Processing Systems Medicare System
• CLIA — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
• HPMS — Health Plan Management System
• HSI — Health Systems International
• HCPP — Health Care Prepayment Plan
• M C — Medicare Choice
• TEP — Tracheoesophageal Puncture
• MCOB — Medicare Contractor Oversight Board
• OP — Outpatient Psychiatry
• FID — Fraud Investigation Database
• SWD — Shortwave diathermy
• XIV — Title 14 Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
• PBC — Premium Billing Code
• HPSA — Health Professional Shortage Area
• CIADV — Carrier/Intermediary Advance Notice

• SMRF — State Medicaid Research Files
• DWB — Disabled Widow's Benefits
• MSAT — Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team
• ANT.TIBS — Anterior tibialis
• BPC — Base Period Charge
• VFU — Videofluoroscopy
• HSB — Healthcare Systems Bureau
• IBN — Incorrect Bill Notice
• MAAC — Maximum Allowable Actual Charge
• HSR — Hospital Specific Rate
• BMACS — Part B Medicare Automated Claims Systems
• CLT — Certified Lab Technician
• GZF — gutter zimmer frame
• PRMDS — Provider Minimum Data Set
• INFO — Information Network and File Organization
• LATCH — Local Access to Coordinated Healthcare
• FIG — Fiscal Intermediary Group
• CES — Credential Evaluation Service
• UMW — United Mine Workers
• NACCHO — National Association of County and City Health Officials
• CJRAT — Cubin Jackson risk assessment tool
• SHN — State Health Notes
• NIMMS — National Integrated Medicaid Management System
• TEDS — Thrombo-embolic deterrent stockings
• EPC — Emergency Protection Coordinators
• TAR — Total Ankle Replacement
• CHAPS — Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey
• EIB — Employer Insured Beneficiary
• LMRP — Local Medical Review Policy
• MCA — Maternity Center Association
• M2 — Square metres body surface
• MEF — Master Earnings File
• RPN — Registered Psychiatric Nurse
• HASA — Healthcare Access San Antonio
• SCBU — Special Care Baby Unit
• HTG — Healthcare Transformation Group
• LCER — Limiting Charge Exception Report
• EAB — Enumeration at Birth
• AHCP — America's Health Care Plans
• NAMCP — National Association of Managed Care Physicians
• PTAC — Premium Target Advisory Commission
• MN — Medical Necessity
• WTH — West Tennessee Healthcare's
• AROM — Active Range of Movement
• EMIA — Educators Mutual Insurance Association
• AD — Admitting Diagnosis
• CDRG — Children's Diagnosis Related Groups
• MC — Metacarpal
• UFH — United Family Healthcare
• CMM — Clinical Midwife Manager

• RMA — Refugee Medical Assistance
• ASCP — American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• MRSA — Methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus''
• PEBTAG — Provider Electronic Billing Technical Advisory Group
• MCSS — Medicare Contractor Standard System
• ONC — ONCology
• ACP — American College of Physicians
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzers
• HSC — Health Services Command
• PREMED — Premedication
• HDSS — Hospital Data Support System
• KPS — Keratic Precipitates
• HT — Transmitter Height
• RISI — Renal Insured Status Indicator
• ASCPT — American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• ESWL — External Shock Wave Lithotripsy
• CHHC — Continuous Home Health Care
• NADSA — National Adult Day Services Association, Inc
• EVLT — endovenous laser therapy
• EDPO — EDB Printout
• OMCH — Office of Maternal and Child health
• HCT — haematocrit
• SHEP — Survey Of Healthcare Experiences Of Patients
• SHPDA — State Health Planning and Development Agency
• HNA — Healthcare Networks of America
• HCAI — Health Care Associated Infection
• HIN — Healthcare Intelligence Network
• CHCE — Center on Health Care Effectiveness
• MBA — Monthly Benefit Amount
• MBCSP — Medicare Beneficiary Customer Service Program
• EDG — Emergency Department Group
• IPRP — Interim Payment Review Program
• NEURO — Neurological
• PFCRA — Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
• ISTP — Intermediary System Testing Program
• CAPS — Claims Automated Processing System
• IPL — Independent Physiological Laboratory
• FHP — Family Health Plan
• IAH — Integration Adapter for Healthcare
• POD — Progression of Disease
• CAQH — Coalition for Affordable Quality Healthcare
• PPG — Primary Care Physician Groups
• IVF — In Vitro Fertilisation
• BHG — Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc.
• MAC — Major Ambulatory Category
• GAHP — Global Alternative Healthcare Project
• HIFA — Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative
• CPD — Cephalic Pelvic Disproportion
• FCW — Freedom of Choice Waiver
• HICDA — Hospital International Classification of Diseases Adapted

• HIB — Health Insurance Benefits
• HITCH — Healthcare Interoperability Testing and Conformance Harmonisation
• HSP — Hospital Specific Portion
• CWFM/IV&V — Common Working File Maintenance / Independent Verification & Validation
• FQHC — Federally Qualified Health Center
• ACPV — Average Cost Per Visit
• MMC — Medicaid Managed Care
• CLAS — Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate Services
• FEES — Fibreoptic endoscopic examination of the swallow
• IBR — Intermediary Benefit Payment
• ALBN — Amount of Last Billing Notice
• ESRD PMMIS — ESRD Program Management & Medical Information System
• HDMEDMRG — HD Medicaid Merge Program
• T4 — Title IV of the Social Security Act
• GTN — Glyceryl Tri-Nitrate
• ICDA — International Classification of Diseases Adapted for the U.S.
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992
• NHII — National Health Information Infrastructure
• HDM — Healthcare Data Management
• HIO — Health Insurance Organization
• SSH — Short Stay Hospital
• AMHPS — Association of Minority Health Professional Schools
• IPAC — Immunization Practice Advisory Committee
• CRG — Carrier Representative Group
• LVDV — left ventricular diastolic volume
• MED — Medial
• NPF — National Provider File
• SNIP — Strategic National Implementation Process
• NASMD — National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• MSC — Medicare Status Code
• DOC — Days of Care
• MFSDB — Medicare Fee Schedule Database
• LY — Lying
• ROSTAR — Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement
• CPM — Clinical Performance Measure
• GLUT.MIN — gluteus minimus
• HCO — Health care organizations
• PFF — Physician Fee Freeze
• ASL — Ankylosing Spondylitis Lung
• OASDHI — Old Age Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program
• DSTU — Draft Standard for Trial Use
• ROM — Range of Movement
• PROX — proximal
• CNH — community nursing home
• IHA — Institute for Healthcare Advancement
• F&A — Fraud & Abuse
• PHP — Prepaid Health Plans
• FHHS — Florida Hospital HealthCare System
• AFHHA — American Federation of Home Health Agencies
• VL — Vision, Left

• MRAR — Medical Review Annual Report
• NVAC — National Vaccine Advisory Committee
• NHAC — National Health Advisory Committee
• AVSD — Atrioventricular Septal Defect
• AIH — Assistance in Healthcare
• SICE — Social Insurance Claims Examiner
• VEG — Vegetable
• GLUTS — gluteal
• UHE — Utah Healthcare Executives
• OCD — Operational Capability Demonstration
• HPN — Healthcare Purchasing News
• BESS — Part B Extract & Summary System
• PCPR — Provider Claims Processing Requirements
• BHA — Business Healthcare Association
• SMDA — State Medicaid Directors Association
• LTE — Less Than Effective
• UNEDIFACT — United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport
• PCE — Personal Care Expenditures
• PHC — Plant Health Care Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• NHELP — National Health Law Program
• AHFSA — Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies
• CPS — Critical Payment System
• PKB — Prone Knee Bend
• ALR — Anterior levator resection
• SLIMB — Specified LowIncome Medicare Beneficiary
• SMI — Supplementary Medical Insurance
• BGN — Beneficiary Given Name
• APS — Approved Provider Standard
• MDSS — Medicare Decision Support System
• MCWG — Managed Care Working Group
• LSF — Left Side Flexion
• CPM/EIS — Contractor Performance Management / Enterprise Information System
• HAEM — Haematology
• PSF — Provider Specific File
• EDEES — ESRD Data Entry and Editing System
• COI — Change of Intermediaries
• TITLE IV — Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with children
• CORC — Carrier of Record Control
• FIX — Factor nine
• ABO — Allergic broncho pulmonary
• NCHC — National Coalition on Health Care
• UPPP — Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
• CIH — Center for Integrated Healthcare
• OGC — Office of the General Council
• RCJ — Radio-carpal joint
• PRES — Policy Review and Evaluation Staff
• IWA — Irish Wheelchair Association
• CB — Consolidated Billing
• ROP — Right Occipito-Posterior
• LL — lower limb

• DHWHIM — Daily Health Insurance Master Health Insurance Merge
• HISS — Health Insurance Segmented Sort System
• MQIS — Medicare Quality Indicator System
• SBBE — Small bowel barium enema
• ACT — Airway Clearance Technique
• ABD — Aged, Blind & Disabled
• SIMV — Synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation
• SWH — South West Healthcare
• TPAO — Third Party Annotation Operation
• MMK — Marshall Marchetti Krantz
• APHP — Applied as Hospital Insurance Premiums
• BBRA — Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113)
• CQAS — Carrier Quality Assurance System
• HPARB — Health Professions Appeal and Review Board
• MMCS — Medicare Managed Care System
• TPPC — Third Party Premium Collection
• RA — Regional Administrator
• MMAP — Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program
• DOPHN — Director of Public Health Nursing
• CED — Committee for Employees with Disabilities
• SMD — Submucosal diathermy
• LAT.WALL — Lateral wall
• AP2 — Apical 2 chamber
• MPRS — Medical Policy Retrieval System
• MSPQA — Medicare Secondary Payer Quality Assurance
• SL — Sensory Level
• MI — Medical Insurance
• ROS — Removal of Sutures
• MPCS — Medicare Premium Collection System
• UMO — Utilization Management Organization
• NARF — National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
• HRA — health risk appraisal tools
• GINA — Global INitiative for Asthma
• BIW — Beneficiary Inquiries Workgroup
• NARD — National Association of Retail Druggists
• FAC — Freestanding Ambulatory Care
• OPA — Organ Procurement Agency
• AHP — Alternative Health Plans
• EHC — Effective Health Care
• DOES — Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance
• LSA — left sacro-anterior
• HIQR — Health Insurance Online Query Response
• DA&A — Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
• IVH — intraventricular haemorrhage
• MHW — Molina Healthcare of Washington
• PEC.MAJOR — Pectoralis major
• OHMS — Occupational Healthcare Management Services
• CAST — Carrier Alpha State Tape
• NAMI — National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc.
• AHPA — American Health Planning Association

• ACH — After coming head
• POR — Provider Overpayment Report
• MCPJ — Metacarpophalangeal Joint
• X/7 — Where x = number of days
• HDM — Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies
• NP/PA — Nurse Practitioners / Physician Assistants
• ENC — enclosed
• FOSC — Freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center
• EUA — Examination Under Anaesthetic
• POC — Patterns of Care
• NHB — National Health Board
• PART B — Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance
• GUIDE — genito urinary and Infection Disease Clinic
• LARPA — Locality Adjusted Reduced Prevailing Amount
• BLASER — Black Lung Automated Search & Edit Routine
• CCHP — Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
• PPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• SNCT — Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold
• RASC — Regional Administrative Support Center
• RPBC — Rejected Provider Bill Control
• UNCEFACT — United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce, and Transport
• EDBS — Enrollment and Direct Billing System
• CPT — Claims Processing Timeliness
• AOA — American Optometric Association
• RR — respiratory
• CDI — Catastrophic Drug Insurance
• MCAB — Medicare Contractor Administrative Budget
• SASH — Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
• GLUT.MED — gluteus medius
• PHCP — Prepaid Health Care Plan
• IC — Initial Claims Operations
• ICCP — Individual Community Care Plan
• MEDICAID — Medical Aid
• FEC — Freestanding Emergency Center
• HQ — HI Query Operations
• ASL — Average Speech Level
• CPFA — Cost Plus Fee Award
• PTTK — Partial thromboplastin time kaolin
• MCAC — Medical Coverage Advisory Committee
• POS — Patient Opinion Survey
• MEDS — Medication Education Designed for Seniors
• MBAS — Medicare Benefit Accounting System
• MUA — Manipulation Under Anaesthetic
• CMSP — Clinical Midwife Specialist
• POST OP — Post operation
• MCDATA — MedicareMedicaid Common Data Initiative
• CSPINE — Cervical spine
• PHOS — Post Hospital Outcome Study
• CRLE — Cost Reimbursement Level of Effort
• EPSDT — Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment Program

• MARS — Medicare Accounts Receivable System
• HHQIS — Home Health Quality Indicator System
• CPT-4 — Current Procedural Terminology, Forth edition
• ERNIE — EDB Enrollment Retrieval New Interactive Edit System
• FIQAS — Fiscal Intermediary Quality Assurance System
• IER — Intermediary Expenditure Report
• OMRA — Other Medicare Required Assessment (US DHHS)
• PAC — PreAdmission Certification
• PWS — Posterior wall in systole
• CS — Caesarean Section
• HB — Haemoglobin
• MBCS — Medicare Budget and Cost System
• ACS — Accredited Standards Committee
• NNWP — Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy
• SBRS — SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE
• HIQA — Health Insurance Query Access
• ADP — Advance Planning Document
• HDI — Health Data Institute
• HIC — Health Insurance Company
• PSO — Provider Sponsored Organization
• SNCRIS — Skilled Nursing Cost Reporting Information System
• EH — Emergency Hospital
• MHCC — Maryland Health Care Commission
• HPP — Healthcare Performance Partners
• HELLP — haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets
• CCO — Claims Collection Officer
• QUIC — Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
• MEDPARD — Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory
• NCHD — Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor
• MADRS — Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System
• MR — Medical Review
• RSO — right salpingo-oophorectomy
• PCCM — Primary Care Case Management
• ICA — Insurance Counseling Assistance
• HART — HCFA Accounting Records Tracking System
• PHYSIO — Physiotherapy
• CHHA — Certified Home Health Agency
• OCC — Occasionally Connected Computing
• ASA — American Society of Anaesthesiologists
• HURA — Health Underserved Rural Area
• EFC — Exclusions From Coverage
• CP — Claims Processing
• HIE — hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
• CVVHDF — continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration
• UC — Urinary Catheter
• LAT.ROT — Lateral rotation
• BITS — Beneficiary Information Tracking System
• HCRIS — Healthcare Provider Cost Report Information System
• AGPAM — American Guild of Patient Account Managers
• EFTS — Electronic File Transfer System

• REMAS — Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System
• MIG — Medicare Insured Group
• DOE — Date Of Entitlement
• LRH — Lake Region Healthcare
• ISN — Integrated Service Network
• LGT — Ligament
• CCHCC — Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care
• LRH — Littleton Regional Healthcare
• ICHE — Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education
• CDOC — Covered Days of Care
• SSARA — SSA Reform Act of 1994
• SBR — Serum bilirubin rate
• APD — Automated Peritoneal Dialysis
• SOB — Statement of Benefits
• IHF — Irish Heart Foundation
• AAHC — Almondumah Almowahadah Health Care
• TSG — The Surgeon General
• MUA — Medically Undeserved Area
• MECA — Medicare Expanded Choice Act of 1987
• NHC — HealthCare Cookeville
• HAMB — HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch
• HDPRENT — HD Prior Entitlement Program
• MAF — Medical Assistance Facility
• HCBP — Health Care Benefit Packages
• PEPP — Payment Error Prevention Program
• NCVHS — National Center for Vital and Health Statistics
• AMP — Advanced Midwife Practitioner
• TPBLAST — Third Party Buyin Liability Accretions for Screening and Taping
• DESC.AO — Descending aorta
• ODL — Outpatient Diagnostic Laboratory
• NCPDP — National Council of Prescription Drug Programs
• EOM — External ocular movements
• FAC — Freestanding Ambulatory Center
• IRP — Insurance Reimbursement Program
• CHER — Center of Health Economics Research
• MMPS — Medicare Mortality Predictor System
• RHC — Rural Health Clinic
• NVP — National Vaccine Program
• MPF — Master Provider File
• IRS — Identical, Related and Similar
• BP — Benefit Period
• SHIP — Supplemental Health Insurance Programs
• PACE — Planning, Assigning, Controlling & Evaluating System
• CMH — Citizens Memorial Healthcare
• IAS — Interatrial Septum
• MRCRA — Medicare Regulatory & Contractor Reform Act of 2001
• FCCBC — Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer
• GPPP — Group Practice Prepayment Plan
• FIPH — Fellow International Public Health
• PEBS — Personal Earnings & Benefit Statement

• DM&S — Department of Medicine & Surgery
• RSP — Right Sacroposterior
• PHACO — Phacoemulsification
• PDPH — postdural puncture headaches
• MQA — Medicare Quality Assurance
• CPAP — Common Provider Audit Program
• NHI — Nursing Home Information
• AHP — Accountable Health Partnership
• MCM — Medicare Carrier Manual
• EIH — Excellence and Innovation in Healthcare
• CAHE — Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives
• HMWHIM — Health Insurance Master Weekly Health Insurance Merge
• DMEFS — Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule
• FCHC — Falls Church Healthcare Center
• NHIP — National Healthcare Insurance Program
• MED.ROT — Medial rotation
• MCE(S) — Medical Care Evaluation (Studies)
• MEDB — Manage the Edb System
• VVS — Varicose Veins
• MUGA — Multiple-gated arteriography
• HV — Home Visit
• MCBS — Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
• ACHA — American College of Healthcare Architects
• IEQ — Initial Enrollment Questionnaire
• LTCU — Long Term Care Unit
• SHIP — Senior Health Insurance Program
• CTC — Certified Transplant Center
• ATNR — Assymetric tonic neck reflex
• CHCC — Christian Health Care Center
• BDOD — Beneficiary Date of Death
• HIMA — Health Insurance Master
• IVSS — Interventricular wall in systole
• CSTP — Carrier System Testing Project
• FHEA — Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
• BITS — Beneficiary Inquiry Tracking System
• THD — Total Hospice Days
• GORD — gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder
• BHT — Bucket handle tear
• WHSS — World Healthcare Students Symposium
• AO — Aorta
• NMUD — National Medicare Utilization Database
• HISI — Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland
• PITS — PRO Information Tracking System
• PUJ — Pelvic-ureteric junction
• CWO — Community Welfare Officer
• RDF — Renal Dialysis Facility
• ACTG — AIDS Clinical Trials Group
• HSG — Healthcare Solutions Group
• DME — Director of Medical Education
• IHT — International Health Technologies

• GLUT.MAX — gluteus maximus
• NTRS — National Therapeutic Recreation Society
• SHEA — Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• HFOV — High Frequency Oscillator Ventilator
• MMACS — Medicare/Medicaid Automated Certification System
• HBB — Hand Behind Back
• HCQII — Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative
• NHCA — National Health Care Affiliates
• BMA — BioMedical Applications
• PRM — Provider Reimbursement Manual
• GHR — General Healthcare Resources
• T1 — Title I of the Social Security Act
• SOBAR — Shortness of breath at rest
• MCPI — Medical Care Component of the Consumer Price Index
• CMCJ — Carpal metacarpal joint
• AC — Actual Charge
• HIC — Health Information Center
• HITS — heparin induced thrombocytopenia syndrome
• TDOC — Total Days of Care
• MCI — Medicare Claims Inquiry
• MMCQI — Medicare Managed Care Quality Improvement
• NBCH — National Business Coalition on Health
• MEDS — Medication and Eligibility Delivery Solution
• TRIGS — Triglycerides
• BOME — Bureau of Medical Examiners
• MEDSTAT — Medicaid Statistical Information System
• KUB — kidneys, ureters and bladder
• CWFM — Common Working File Maintenance
• RSDI — Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance
• PART A — Medicare Hospital Insurance
• MEDS — Medication Education for Drug Safety
• SHC — Select 477
• PEPPER — Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program
• HBP — Hospital-Based Physician
• HCRN — Healthcare record number
• HMB — Hospital Market Basket
• ECRD — Early Complaint Resolution Process
• WHCRA — Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act
• RHCD — Rural Health Care Division USAC)
• HM — hand movements
• CLIA — Clinical Laboratory Interstate Act
• PRPD — Payment Reform Policy Development
• PEB — Performance Evaluation Board
• HMO/CMP — HMO Competitive Medical Plan
• UHP — Unbundling of Hospital Payment
• MPFSDB — Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base
• MAH — Most Accessible Hospital
• STD.PHN — Student Public Health Nurse
• FNAB — Fine needle aspirate biopsy
• ALT — Average Length of Treatment

• HIBRR — Health Insurance Benefits Rights & Responsibilities
• ASR — Atrial Septal Resection
• MRI — Medical Records Institute
• HSRP — Healthcare Service Relations Profile
• SMART — System for MSP Automated Recovery and Tracking
• HHMM — Healthcare Hazard Management Monitor
• CMRI — California Medical Review, Inc.
• CHDR — Center for Health Dispute Resolution
• HHQI — Home Health Quality Initiative
• ECP — Electronic Claims Processing System
• VRA — Veteran's Readjustment Appointment
• CCU — Cost Containment Unit
• PUL.V — Pulmonary veins
• BI DIRG — Bidirectional glenn
• MUAS — Medically Underserved Areas
• NIEL — Not in established labour
• AG — abdominal girth
• GUR — genito-ureteric reflux
• LCDM — Life Cycle Development Methodology
• SUBC — State Uniform Billing Committee
• FWA — Fraud, Waste & Abuse
• HCH — National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• MPR — Master Procedure Record
• HIRTF — Health Insurance Reform Task Force
• HIRAM — Health Insurance Reinstating Alphabetic Master
• OMR — Optical Mark Reading
• PACS — Patient Care and Services
• HIC — Health Insurance Claim
• PIN — Primary Insured Number
• STJ — Sub-talor joint
• RAPS — Resident Assessment Protocol System
• CHIP — Child Health Insurance Program
• CHAIN — Chain Provider Director System
• SELF — Secretary's Executive Leadership Forum
• PRRB — Provider Reimbursement Review Board
• POT — Plan of Treatment
• HSRA — Health Resources & Services Administration
• APHP — Acute Partial Hospitalization Program
• GHAP — Global Healthcare Applications Project
• TPDB — Third Party Data Base
• GRBAS — grade roughness breathiness asthenic strain
• MIDES — Medicare Internal Data Entry System
• LTCIAC — Long Term Care Insurance Advisory Council
• BIPA — Benefits, Improvements & Protection Act of 2000
• CAHPS — Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey
• PRP — Provider Reimbursement Profile
• VHA — Victorian Healthcare Association
• PFH — Preferred Family Healthcare
• LAT.MEN — Lateral meniscus
• CBSS — Customer Billing Services System

• HSSP — Healthcare Services Specification Project
• SHI — Supplemental Health Insurance
• LARPA — Locality Area Reduced Prevailing Allowance
• PASARR — Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review
• PHHH — PostHospital Home Health
• POCI — Physician Ownership/Compensation Interest
• STD.N — Student Nurse
• CAHSA — California Association of Home Services for the Aged
• TIPPS — Test of Intermediary Prospective Payment System
• IHO — Institute for Healthcare Optimization
• PFFS — Private Fee-For-Service
• RROT — Right rotation
• PROM — Protocol for Regional Office Monitoring
• PIPDCG — Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group
• MICRO — Microbiology
• INRA — Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989
• PPO — Participating Provider Organization
• MCDC — Medicare Contractor Data Center
• HCO — Health Care Options
• BDP — Beneficiary Database Prototype
• ISHP — Individualized School Healthcare Plan
• BHCU — Basic Health Care Unit
• PCCMP — Primary Care Case Management Provider
• IMC — International Medical Center
• CANC — Combined Antenatal care
• MIPPA — Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
• CABBS — Carrier Bulletin Board System
• NIAMSD — National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
• CHAI — Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspections
• HIDUP — HI Duplicate Payments Systems
• HIMF — Health Insurance Master File
• PRA — Per Resident Amount
• HCFA — Health Care Finance and Administration
• MHOS — Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
• EACH — essential access community hospital
• NARA — National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies
• HAPPI — Health Assistance Program for Personnel and Industry
• CPDA — Current Premium Due Amount
• TTDS — Third Party Termination Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• SCIDS — Severe combined immune deficiency syndrome
• IHC — Institute for HealthCare Consumerism
• ROAR — Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System
• PSRB — Performance Standards Review Board
• INT.ROT — Internal rotation
• IHE — Integrating The Healthcare Enterprise
• HCO — Healthcare Community Online
• RHC — Rural Health Care
• EDBCRP — EDB Common Rules Processor
• IHP — Individualized Healthcare Plans
• HHSAR — Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation

• POR — Provider Overpayment Recovery
• CMHS — Continuous Medical History Sample
• TEDS — Third Party Entitlement Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• ISHP — Independent Sector Healthcare Providers
• HWI — Hospital Wage Index
• DRVS — Dietary Reference Values
• DEASK — Descemet's stripping endothelial automated keratoplasty
• RFA — Radio Frequency Ablation
• NHCA — Naperville Health Care Associates
• MDH — Medicare-Dependent Hospital
• PORS — Provider Overpayment Reporting System
• NCCLS — National Council of Clinical Laboratory Services
• NCOA — National Council on the Aging
• MEDIRS — Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System
• PHPO — Prepaid Health Plan Option
• SAH — Society for the Arts in Healthcare
• CAVD — Complete atrioventricular block
• GEB — General Enrollment Beneficiaries
• MMRA — Metropolitan Medical Response System
• AI — Aortic Incompetence
• PAYERID — Payer Identification
• MFIS — Medicare Fraud Information Specialist
• QHO — Quality Healthcare Options
• SSB — Social Security Board
• RHHIPEP — Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation Program
• HIMP — Healthcare Industry Management Program
• ORF — Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• CCN — Carrier Control Number
• APH — Ante Partum Haemorrhage
• HMA — Healthcare Management Administrators
• MSPFQA — Medicare Secondary Payer Functional Quality Assurance
• MFSR — Medicare Focused Medical Review Status Report
• UST — ultrasound therapy
• MWRS — Medicare Workload Report System
• HPPC — Health Plan Purchasing Cooperative
• DQSC — Data Quality Steering Committee
• DPM — Drops per Minute
• SEP — Special Enrollment Period
• HCSSA — Health Care Systems Support Activity
• MFS — Medicare Fee Schedule
• SPECTRUM — State Performance Evaluation and Comprehensive Test of Reimbursement Under Medicaid
• WHCC — World Health Care Congress
• TPBEST — Third Party Billing Extract Statistical Totals
• BISC — Benefit Integrity Support Center
• HHSSA — Home Health Services and Staffing Association
• HSG — Healthcare Services Group
• MARI — Medicare Administrative Reform Initiatives
• LS RATIO — Leichithin/Sphyngomyelin ratio
• ESCH — East Sussex County Healthcare
• LVS — Low vaginal swabs

• NTH — NonTransplant Hospital
• APHSA — American Public Human Services Association
• ASTHO — Association of State and Territorial Health Offices
• RVDV — Right ventricle diastolic volume
• NCIHC — National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
• RTP — Return to Provider
• CCN — Correspondence Control Number
• AMCRA — American Medical Care and Review Association
• ICD-9-CM — In-ternational Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification
• HCRP — Health Care Reform Panel
• SHIP — Supplemental Health Insurance Plan
• IMRP — Instruction Manual for Renal Providers
• TWWIA — Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Act
• PIDS — People or Individual with Disabilities
• HHL — Home Health Line
• CPM — Claims Processing Manual
• VLCD — Very Low Calorie Diet
• LIL — Limitation of Liability
• RFI — Recurrence-free Interval
• CELIP — Claim Expansion and Line Item Processing
• BOIS — Beneficiary Online Inquiry System
• NHSC — National Health Service Corps
• PPSP — Physician's Primary Sponsor Plan
• PS&RR — Provider Statistical & Reimbursement Report
• CB — Cost Benefit
• MAN — Medicare Automated Network
• TOPS — Transitional Outpatient Payments System
• RHP — Rebundling of Hospital Payment
• HPC — Health Care Professional
• DMEPOS — Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetic, Orthotics & Supplies
• HEMA — Healthcare Employees Mid Atlantic
• EPESE — Established Populations for Epidemic Logic Studies for the Elderly
• SAHA — Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance
• AFHC — Archer Family Health Care
• CO — Complaining of
• CCA — Catastrophic Coverage Act
• MCPI — Medicare Contractor Productivity Improvement
• CDB — Correspondence Database System
• DHX — Diet history
• XX — Title 20 State operated home hea lth care entitlement program
• FVIII — Factor eight
• SOCO — Southeastern Consortium
• PHCE — Personal Health Care Expenditures
• PC — Presenting complaint
• CPHA — Commission on Professional Hospital Activities
• PRA — Percent Reactive Antibody
• MEDIBAPS — Medicare Budget Allocation Process System
• SACP — Society for Ambulatory Care Professionals
• CIP — Claims in Process
• BCB — Beneficiary Confidentiality Board

• PUP — Provider Update Operation
• DAP — DMERC Advisory Panel
• OAA — Older Americans Act
• PHDDS — Pro Hospital Discharge Data Set
• YRBSS — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• AWHA — Academy Women's Healthcare Associates
• CHCE — Center for Health Care Evaluation
• NAIT — National Alliance for Infusion Therapy
• MCWS — Medicare Contractor Workload System
• PSRS — Provider Statistical and Reimbursement System
• OBJ — Objective
• SSP — Strategic Systems Platform
• NGNA — National Gerontological Nurses Association
• RHP — Regional Healthcare Partnership
• HL — Hodgkin's lymphoma
• POL — physician office laboratories
• MCCB — Medicare Change Control Board
• MED.MEN — Medial meniscus
• HCPC — HCFA Common Procedure Code
• MUFA — Mono unsaturated fatty acids
• RAN — Rural Area Computer Network
• BITF — Beneficiary Implementation Task Force
• HOL — HCFA OnLine
• PHEC — PostHospital Extended Care
• ASHRM — American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
• HPHC — High protein high calorie
• MSOM — Modernized Systems Operations Manual
• PCAS — Patient Care Algorithm
• SCIP — Statewide Centre for Improvement of Palliative Care
• CORTS — Calculation of Overpayment Recovery Timeliness System
• LGHP — Large GHP
• TPRP — Third Party Rules Processor
• MEASURES — Medicare Automated Survey Reporting System
• CHCC — Center for Hospital & Community Care
• SAH — Sub Arachnoid Haemorrhage
• OASB — Old Age and Survivors Benefits
• WPWS — Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
• DCF — Dually Certified Facility
• GRECC — Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center
• NHDAC — National Health Data Advisory Council
• MPT — Maximum phonation time
• PSRO — Physician Service Review Organization
• NFID — National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• THCA — Texas Health Care Association
• CNHC — Coalition For Nonprofit Health Care
• HISB — Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
• NHD — National Healthcare Distributors
• PDS — Peer Data System
• IMD — Institution for Mental Disease
• MHIP — Medicare Hospital Information Project

• CWFMQA — CWF Medicare Quality Assurance System
• BNA — borderline nuclear abnormality
• TPG — Third Party Groups
• MACE — Medicare Alternate Claim Entry System
• NMEP — National Medicare Education Program
• MDCN — Medicare Data Communications Network
• MUPS — Medically Underserved Populations
• VPAC — Variable Premium Amount Collectable
• MHN — Managed HealthCare Northwest
• NASLTCOP — National Association of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
• AST — Aspartate amino transferase
• AFEHCT — American Federation of Electronic Health Care Transactions
• PL — Perception of light
• CE-DAT — Complex Emergency Database
• DRI — Drug Rebate Initiative
• NHE — Nation's Health Expenditures
• PSA — Prostatic specific antigen
• PHCN — Preferred Health Care Network
• MR — mortality ratio
• OSHA — Occupational Health and Safety Administration
• PORS — Provider Overpayment Recovery System
• BIMF — Beneficiary Inactive Master File
• DCP — Department of Carrier Procedures
• CPD — Competitive Pricing Demonstration
• BDPP — Beneficiary Database Prototype Project
• NPIP — Non Periodic Interim Payment
• SITT — Sitting
• MQC — Medicaid Quality Control
• ORSI — Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance
• ONC — Oncology Nurse Certified
• IDH — Institute of Digital Healthcare
• HISKEW — Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Writeoff
• LROT — Left rotation
• REBUS — Renal Beneficiary and Utilization System
• UAHC — United American Healthcare Corporation
• SMHC — Southern Maine Health Care
• HCG — Health Care Group
• MCIGLAS — Medicare Contractor Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
• CHC — Centre for Health Care
• MUDS — Medicare Utilization Data System
• MFAIC — Medicare Fraud and Abuse Information Coordinator
• PSRO — Performance Standards Review Organization
• MADC — Major Ambulatory Diagnostic Categories
• PIMR — Program Integrity Management Reporting
• PHIC — Partnership for Health Insurance Counseling
• MIM — Medicare Intermediary Manual
• ANCHR — Access to the NCH Repository
• FDP — Fibrin Degredation Products
• MDS — Medicare Decision Support
• MCCOY — Managed Care Online Information System

• RSF — Right side flexion
• HDLC — HighLevel Data Link Control
• NODMAR — Notice of Discharge & Medicare Appeal Rights
• TRACE — Third Party Recovery Audit Coordinated Effort
• HMSA — Health Manpower Shortage Areas
• EPL — Extensor Pollicus Longus
• MDR TB — Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
• AVGS — Ambulatory Visit Groups
• OCFAA — Office of Civil Fraud and Administrative Adjudication
• HIUM — Health Insurance Utilization Master
• IT — inspiratory time
• HLM — HCFA Logical Model
• IBPR — Intermediary Benefit Payment Report
• HTA — Healthcare Trust of America
• HAVEN — Home Assessment Validation and Entry System
• MPIER — Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility Registry
• VS — Volume Support
• CDC — Cardiac Diagnostic Center
• NCA — National Coverage Analysis
• JCAHCO — Joint Commission on Accreditation of 477 Organizations
• CWFB — Common Working File Part B
• DEXA — dual energy x-ray absortiometry
• HHS — Health & Human Services
• MTAG — Medicare Technical Advisory Group
• HIW — Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
• THCA — Tennessee Health Care Association
• NETT — National Emphysema Treatment Trial
• CHC — Certified Healthcare Constructor
• HCFA — Health Care For All
• CARRPR — Carrier Payment Record
• PIPC — Public Information Program Circular
• CWFHPEP — Common Working File Host Performance Evaluation Program
• MFR — Maximum Flow Rate
• CCDC — Consultants in Communicable Disease Control
• VADATS — Veterans Administration Data Automatic Transmission System
• ASH — Assistant Secretary for Health
• HPBSS — HCFA Part B Standard System
• AICC — Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex
• HIDA — Health Insurance Distributor's Association
• GHEG — German Healthcare Export Group
• SURG — Surgical
• HRSA — Health Resources & Services Administration
• MIP — Medicare Integrity Program
• PPO — peak pepsin output
• HCC — Health Care Compare
• CBA — Cost/Benefit Analysis
• RRC — Rural Referral Centers
• EHNAC — Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission
• NCCR — National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
• CPM — Committee on Performance Measurement

• HCEG — Health Care Executive Group
• MVPS — Medicare Volume Performance Standard
• HDHIDUP — HD Health Insurance Daily Update Program
• TPCH — Third Party Code for Hospital Insurance
• GNHC — Good Neighbor Healthcare Center
• TBL — Total blood loss
• PSGH — Policy Standards and Guidelines Handbook
• BRIGHT — Build Revitalize and Innovate for Greater Healthcare Tomorrow
• NIDDKD — National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases
• RMFA — Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert
• MAA — Memorandum of Advance Agreement
• PUL.VI — Pulmonary vein isolation
• CNPB — Clean NonPIP Bills
• CLO — Campbylobacter like organism
• SNPS — Special Needs Plans
• PTAPTT — Part A Processing Times Tabulation
• NCHC — North Central Health Care
• BLUES — Blue Cross/Blue Shield associations
• NEHA — New England Health Assembly
• TPHA — Teponema pallidum haemagglutination
• WR — Ward Round
• CE — Covered Entity
• HUS — Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
• STAR — Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement
• ERISA — Employee Retirement Income and Security Act
• CPHT — Clinical Partnerships in Healthcare Transformation
• HIRO — Health Insurance Regional Office
• VNA — Visiting Nurses Association
• DUH — Drive for Universal Healthcare
• FDOEH — First Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance
• PARL — Physician/Supplier Assignment Rate List
• NOPA — Northwest Organ Procurement Agency
• CBSR — Cost Benefit Savings Report
• CHMSA — Critical Health Manpower Shortage Area
• CMD — Contractor Medical Directors
• NAATP — National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
• IS — In situ
• CABLE — Combined A/B Local Eligibility
• CHCL — Center for Health Care Law
• SLHT — South London Healthcare Trust
• NCAL — National Coalition for Assisted Living
• LSCLIFE — Safety Code
• KHF — Kenya Healthcare Federation
• HCCA — Health Care Commuting Area
• EB — ESRD Bene
• HCSD — Health Care Services Division
• MMP — Mixed Model Plan
• FCCH — First Choice Community Healthcare
• RHHI — Regional Home Health Intermediary
• MAPSA — Medicare A Provider Services Assistants

• REACH — Research Education And Access To Charitable Healthcare
• HPAS — Healthcare Payments Automation Summit
• LCT — long chain triglyceride emulsion
• OFB — Outpatient Feedback
• MAPC — Maximum Allowable Prevailing Charge
• PPC — Processing Payment Cycle
• LHSS — Louisiana Healthcare Staffing Solutions
• LSL — Left sacro-lateral
• MWM — Mobilisation with movement
• DC — Diagnostic Code
• QI — Qualifying Individual
• HDH — Healthcare Development Holding
• PHI — Premium Hospital Insurance
• MTEA — Medical Treatment Effectiveness Agenda
• NMFAI — National Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Institute
• RSDHI — Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance
• CWFMC — Common Working File Maintenance Contractor
• HDHIDAD — HD Health Insurance Daily Actions Dispersion System
• LTCP — Long Term Care Program
• VISION — Vital Information System to Improve Outcomes in Nephrology
• ECCH — East Coast Community Healthcare
• JHAH — Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
• SMG — State Medicaid Group
• CHICO — Combined Health Insurance and Checkwriting Operations
• BHCS — Baylor Health Care System
• MPD — Medicare Provider Database
• JCA — Jewish Council for Aging
• CBT — cognitive behaviour therapy
• MAA — Medical Assistance Agency
• FICARR — Fiscal Intermediary/Carrier
• MDAS — Medicaid Override Application System
• MPDB — Medicare Prescription Drug Beneficiaries
• NAMDRC — National Association for Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
• LVSV — Left ventricle systolic volume
• VIN — Vulval Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• SAD — Service Area Directory
• PTAMUS — Part A Medicare Utilization System
• CS — Claims Services
• CWFDOCO — Common Working File Documentation File
• HISPP — Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel
• HSSP — Healthcare Services Specification Program
• FXI — Factor eleven
• RHC — Rural Health Claim
• HCP — Health Care Providers
• PH — Partial Hospitalization
• EDBFPS — EDB Five Percent Sample
• UWSD — underwater seal drain
• PPR — Prospective Payment Review
• MEDAL — Medicare Eligibility Data Linkage
• CA2 — Calcium Dialuminate

• CPA — Cost Plus Award
• MQAG — Medicare Quality Advisory Group
• PS — Pulmonary Stenosis
• BUTE — Beneficiary Database Update Transaction System
• OMG — Ohio Medical Group
• EDBP — Enrollment Database PRISM
• RMRP — Regional Medical Review Policy
• CHBI — Commission on Health Benefits and Integration
• TRPBETA — Third Party BuyIn Exceptions for TP Agencies
• MIH — Maternal & Infant Health Initiative
• XVIII — Title 18 Medicare
• MRRS — Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System
• MCE — Medicare Code Editor
• HIURPS — Health Insurance Utilization Records Processing System
• RAD — Respiratory Assist Device
• FULS — Federal Upper Limits System
• SHINE — Serving Health Information Needs of Elders
• TPF — Third Party File
• PORT — Patient Outcome Research Team
• MS — Mean Score
• RVSV — Right ventricle systolic volume
• PSOR — Physician Supplier Overpayment Recovery
• HIN — Health Insurance Networks
• APM — Admission Pattern Monitoring
• LTD — Live Test Demonstration
• NCNHR — National Coalition on Nursing Home Reform
• CHCE — Center for Health Care Ethics
• TPPG — Third Party Private Group
• RH — Rural Hospital
• USRDS — United States Renal Data System
• ECTI — Electronic Claims Transaction Initiative
• CARE — Center for Analytical Review and Education
• MOR — Medicaid Overpayment Report
• HMIC — Healthcare Management Information Consortium
• PAC — Patient Assessment Computerized
• FCD — First Claims Development
• HPAC — HI Premium Amount Collectable
• VHI — Voluntary Health Insurance
• VRU — Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit
• MSPLS — Medicare Secondary Payer Litigation Support
• NCHC — Northern Counties Health Care
• OLTC — Other Long Term Care
• UHP — United Health Plan
• PPAC — Practicing Provider Advisory Council
• PRVSF — Provider Summary File
• PHY/SUP — Physician/Supplier
• CFHCS — Center for Health Care Services
• LH — Luthenising hormone
• NHCM — Nursing and Health Care Management
• PHIP — Pharmacist's Incentive Program

• PIN — Physician Identification Number
• NMFA — National Medicare Fraud Alert
• MCO — Managed Care Operation
• NIF — National Insurance File
• CHM — Christian Healthcare Ministries
• RPO — Regional Personnel Officer
• DCHD — Duval County Health Department
• IMCAS — Intervening Medical Care Analysis System
• NICOA — National Indian Council on Aging
• SAHD — Staff Assisted Home Dialysis
• HCBWP — Home & Community Based Waiver Program
• HHC — human health care
• CM — Clinical Modification
• TAP — Terminal Acquisition Project
• HCIRC — Health Care Information Resource Center
• BAR — Beneficiary Adjustment Report
• RUJ — Radioulnar Joint
• GO — gastro-oesophageal
• SLIP-A — Supplemental Low Income Patient Adjustment
• VSB — Videostroboscopy
• WFD — Word Finding Difficulties
• NCHICA — North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance
• DSHS — Distance Spanning Healthcare Systems
• BQAS — Part B Quality Assurance System
• ICSTP — Intermediary/Carrier System Testing Project
• NIAID — National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases
• MICH — Maternal, Infant & Child Health
• MNIL — Medically Needy Income Levels
• VEPS — Visual evoked potentials
• MHA — Master of Healthcare Administrator
• TNHP — Teaching Nursing Home Program
• SJH — St Joseph Healthcare
• CWFA — Common Working File Part A
• RADARS — Ranking and Data Analysis Reporting System
• PWH — Professional Women in Healthcare
• SLT — Speech and Language Therapy
• DBPS — Drug Bill Processors
• PIA — Primary Insured Amount
• SM — Staff Midwife
• CIM — Coverage Issues Manual
• XXI — Title 21 State Child Health Program
• HCCS — healthcare Coding & Consulting Services
• CC — Copied to
• FX — Factor ten
• MMCITS — Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System
• MDRI — Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative
• DHHSAA — DHHS Audit Agency
• HDDUCS — Health Insurance Daily Update Control System
• PVB — Provider Bills
• QARI — Quality Assurance Reform Initiative

• PAL — Provider Audit List
• MCSID — Medicare Contractor Systems Information Database
• MMORP — Medicare Management and Open Review Program
• OMESP — Omnibus Medicare Enrollment System Processor
• HIAM — Health Insurance Alpha Microfilm
• KJ — kilo joules
• MSSC — Medicare Systems / State & County
• CPC — Clinical Placement CoOrdinator
• IPS — Institutional Provider of Service
• MUPPET — Medicare UPdate Processors for Enrollment Transactions
• PRP — Prospective Reimbursement Plan
• CFM — Cerebral Function Monitoring technique
• HSA — Health Systems Agencies
• RUNT — RRB Universal RIC
• CNACO — Community Nursing & Ambulatory Care Organization
• SHCC — State Health Coordinating Council
• PPR — physician payment reform
• CHC — Comprehensive Health Center
• COA — Coarctation of the Aorta
• CHRT — Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation
• SSACCS — Ssa Claims Control System
• ROCL — Regional Office Contractor Letter
• TER — Total Elbow Replacement
• BSRS — Benefit Savings Reporting System
• ASL — Accreditation Status List
• CC — Condition Code
• SAEP — State Agency Evaluation Plan
• UHCP — United Healthcare Community Plan
• EPC — Evidence-based Practice Center
• T14 — Title XIV of the Social Security Act
• HEZ — Health Economic Zone
• WBC — Whole blood count
• FSA — Family Support Administration
• PDOTH — Prior Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance
• URC — Utilization Review Coordinator
• HDRIM — Health Insurance Retrieve Inactive Master System
• ND — Naso duodenal
• RAC — Reimbursement Advisory Committee
• NOMCI — Notice of Medigap Claim Information
• AP — Antero-Posterior
• HDS — Healthcare Data Solutions
• CQMR — Carrier Quarterly Medical Review
• HDHISS — HD Health Insurance Segmented Sort System
• MMA — Medicare Modernization Act (of 1999)
• HCAC — Health Care for All Colorado
• PME — Partial Month Eligible
• HIMBEX — Health Insurance Master Billing Exception Process
• P/B — Provider / Beneficiary
• FA — Field Audit
• HASO — Healthcare Administration Student Organization

• MIH — Mobile Integrated Healthcare
• PD — Physical Database
• DQC — Data Quality Committee
• CASE — Computer Assisted Systems Engineering
• MQM — Medicare Quality Monitor
• SA — State Agency
• HISAC — Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing
• ROMGRS — Regional Office Managers
• PAL — Patient Accounting Language
• TH — Teaching Hospitals
• MGCRB — Medical Geographical Classification Review Board
• TRH — thyrotrophin releasing hormone
• HISDG — HCFA Information Systems Development Guide
• NCP — National Coverage Policy
• NCHLS — National Council on Health Laboratory Services
• OMM — Office of Medicaid Management
• HCC — The Healthcare Center For Children
• NCHSR — National Center for Health Services & Research
• TMJ — Temperomandibular Joint
• LSPINE — Lumbar spine
• SRF — Sub retinal fluid
• BACOM — Beneficiary Annotation & Communication Operation
• RTW — Returned to ward
• HHCOV — Home Health Coverage
• EDBTP — EDB Transaction Processors
• EOIS — Enrollment Online Inquiry System
• REMIS — Renal Management Information System
• PSO — Physician Security Officer
• EMTF — Emergency Medical Technician
• SMHD — Southern Mono Healthcare District
• RAP — Request for Accelerated Payment
• HOST — Healthcare Open Systems & Trials
• TES — Therapeutic endoscopic sialalendoscopy
• TOF — Tracheoesophageal fistula
• EDIPAC — Electronic Data Interchange / Payment & Collection
• CPDAH — CPDA Hospital Insurance
• ROAR — Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care Operations
• HCA — Health Care Administration
• ORQ — Outer range quadriceps
• PRO — Principal Regional Official
• CPM — Contractor Performance Management
• NMES — National Medical Expenditure Survey
• CWFINFOBASE — Common Working File Information Database
• HMODR — CMS Medicare Outpatient Data Review
• PCYA — Presidential Classroom for Young Americans
• NCCNHR — National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
• CHICN — HI Enrollment Cards Operation
• CCP — Comprehensive Care Provider
• DWI — Disabled & Working Individual
• CFAM — Cerebral function amplitude

• O — Degrees
• APD — Advanced Planning Documents
• MTI — Medicare Telephone Inquiry
• NEB — Nebuliser
• MCWRS — Medicare Contractor Workload Reporting (System)
• ICN — Intermediary Control Number
• CCP — Coordinated Care Plans
• PBP — Provider Based Physician
• MTS — Medicare Target Scenario
• NPRM — National Provider Reimbursement Manual
• DECC — Dental Content Committee
• HIIM — Health Insurance Inquiries Manual
• BF — Beneficiary File
• GPS — Generic Performance Standards
• MEWA — Medicare & Multiple Employer Welfare Associations
• OASI — Old Age & Survivors Insurance
• IHE — Integrating The Healthcare Enter
• ASR — Articular Surface Replacement
• HSP — Henock schonlein purpura
• EPS — electrophysiology studies
• TPLAB — Third Party List Agency Billing
• PCDB — Provider/Contractor Data Base
• WECO — Western Consortium
• SHARP — Supplemental Healthcare Adventist Retirement Plans
• ICR — Incomplete Claims Reject
• ROM — Regional Office Manual
• UHC — United Health Care
• CT — computerised tomography
• PFA — Plain film of abdomen
• MQGE — Medicare Qualified Government Employee
• NSC — National Supplier Clearinghouse
• OHWL — Oregon Healthcare Workforce Linkage
• RCT — Randomized Clinical Trials
• PORTS — Patient Outcome Research Teams
• PLIF — Posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion
• PIP — Physician Incentive Plan
• HJCOIN — Health Insurance Central Office Inquiries
• MHW — Mobile Healthcare Watch
• TPR — Third Party Record
• NDPS — National Drug Pricing System
• NESRD — NonEnd Stage Renal Disease
• TOE — Trans oesophageal echocardiogram
• PEW — PRO Efficiency Workgroup
• HHP — Holistic Healthcare Practitioner
• HCTP — Health Consumer Training Program
• PAC — Products of Ambulatory Care
• MDA — Misuse of Drugs Act
• PPA — Premium Paid Amount
• LATCH — Latino Access To Coordinated Healthcare
• MDSRH — Medicare Dependent Small Rural Hospital

• PF — plantarflexion
• RHCD — Redbud Health Care District
• PRWORA — Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act
• OSP — Outpatient Speech Pathology
• CBS — Current Beneficiary Survey
• NCHBPL — National Claims History Beneficiary Program Liability
• FHCE — Future Health Care Executives
• MGA — Medicaid Grant Awards
• RHCD — Rural Health Care District
• AF — Artificial feed
• SDO — Servicing District Office
• PDBO — Public Disability Benefit Offset
• SHCE — Supplemental Health Care Exhibit
• HWRC — Healthcare Workforce Research Centre
• MCCRA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989
• DXGROUP — Diagnosis Group
• ROPES — Regional Office Performance Evaluation System
• PCA — Physicians Comparability Allowance
• SDP — Single Drug Pricer
• LHS — Left height sensation
• ROPO — Regional Office Project Officer
• WHCOA — White House Conference on Aging
• MOLI — Mirtel OnLine Inquiry System
• PIG — Program Integrity Group
• EHBA — Employee Healthcare Benefits Associate
• BEST — Beneficiary Eligibility State Tape
• KAHC — Kereta Api Health Care
• NCSB — Neurological, Cognitive, Sensory and Behavorial
• PDT — Physical Design Team
• EDBUPT — EDB Online Update Facility
• HCFA — Health Care Financial Authority
• BBA — Born before admission
• BAHC — Boscobel Area Health Care
• CLOE — Claims Only Entry System
• NGFSFHP — National Guaranty Fund for SelfFunded Health Plans
• RHC — Ramsay Health Care
• HHS — Home Health Services
• SMR — Sub-mucosal resection
• MLB — Micro laryngeal bronchoscopy
• BOCMIS — Beneficiary Overpayment Control & Management Information System
• LTP — Lifetime Psychiatric Days
• MSS — Medical Social Sevices
• HDENTMRG — Health Insurance Daily Prior Entitlement Merge
• CAST — Carrier Alpha State Microfilm System
• EDBOTP — EDB OnLine Transaction Processing
• CWCT — Continue With Current Treatment
• MOBS — Mobilizations
• HISTM — Health Insurance System Test Module
• PUSH — People United To Save Healthcare
• SIC — State Insurance Commission

• RECOUP — Recovery of Unpaid Premiums
• MHC — Munson Health Care
• IA — Inter/IntraAgency Agreement
• HLA — Human lucocyte antigen
• PAS — Premium Accrual Stop
• AHC — Austrian Health Care
• MHM — Methodist Healthcare Ministries
• MSHIP — Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Programs
• HPA — Health Policy Agenda
• LSH — Long shoe horn
• ML — Mililitre
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center
• CS — Covered Services
• BEER — Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record
• PRP — Pan Retinal Photocoagulation
• PBA — Part B Advisory
• NHCA — Northland Health Care Access
• NHCAA — National Health Care AntiFraud Association
• PID — Payer Identification System
• HICR — Health Insurance Correction Request
• ISA — In Service Area
• HAS — Hospital Annual Survey
• SSO — Social Security Office
• HMPSA — Health Manpower Shortage Area
• RHIR — Resident Health Insurance Representative
• PLAN — Protection for Long Term Assistance Needs
• SIC — Self-intermittent catheterisation
• WFHC — Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's
• PPRTF — Physician Payment Reform Task Force
• POIWD — People or Individuals with Disabilities
• EL — Endo laser
• RNHCI — Religious NonMedical 477 Institution
• CAMP — Carrier Accountability Monitoring Project
• STD.M — Student Midwife
• MCH — Maternal & Child Health Services
• FHC — Frederiksted Health Care
• FSA — Family Services Administration
• CAR — Corrective Action Review
• PIR — Periodic Interim Reimbursement
• PSAF — Physician/Supplier Action File
• RPCH — Regional Primary Care Hospital
• MET — Medicaid Eligibility Terminal
• PSM — Physician Summary Master
• ICU — Intense Care Unit
• RHS — Right height sensation
• TPPAYD — Third Party Payment Data
• LPC — Locality Prevailing Charge
• VIP — Voucher Insurance Plan
• RSVP — Retired Senior Volunteer Project
• RMAPS — Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System

• DKH — Day Kimball Healthcare (Putnam, CT)
• CTR — Carpel tunnel release
• HPPP — Healthcare Professional Profiles Program
• LCL — Lowest Charge Levels
• BSS — Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey
• LIS — Low-Income Subsidy
• BHHC — Baptist Home Health Care
• AND — Adverse neural dynamics
• NEC — necrotising enterocolitis
• PDA — Premium Due Amount
• PACE — Physician Assessment and Clinical Evaluation
• EM — Enrollment Module
• SFRO — SanFrancisco Regional Office
• NOCHD — Notice of Correction Hearing Decision
• TPM — Third Party Master
• CWFQAS — Common Working File Quality Assurance System
• HMUPHMO — HI Master Update HMO
• SBI — State Buy In
• IRIS — Interim and Resident Information System
• MCHC — Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
• MPARTS — Mistaken Payment Recovery Tracking System
• PTS — Provider Terminal System
• EP — Enrollment Period
• BSR — Bill Summary Records
• ME — Medical Effectiveness
• MBCIS — Medicare Compliance Issues System
• PIC — PRO Intermediary Carrier
• MBES — Medicaid Budget & Expenditures System
• CHC — Continuous Home Care
• NHCMQ — Nursing Home Case Mix & Quality Demonstration
• HCA — Home Care Assistant
• NASOP — National Association of State Ombudsman Programs
• NHCI — National Health Care Initiative
• CCS — Community Care Setting
• HEALTH — Help Efficient Accessible Lowcost Timely Healthcare
• HECHICN — HE Health Insurance Enrollment Cards Operation
• VCJD — Variant Crutzfeldt Jakob Disease
• BIT — Beneficiary Inquiries Taskforce
• SSA — State Survey Agency
• UNIBILL — Uniform Bill (Intermediary Submitted Files of Processed Medicare Provider Bills)
• T2R — Title II Redesign
• NMAO — NonMedical Assistance Only
• UHA — University HealthCare Alliance
• DP — Disability Pension
• NCAI — National Coalition for Adult Immunization
• HCRS — HCRIS Process
• POA — Persistant occipito-anterior
• SSPML — Second State Professional Medical License
• MDS — Mortality Data System
• FOS — Fructo olligosacharides

• ADR — Automated Desk Review
• SBA — Stand-by assistance
• FTA — Failure to advance
• HBH — Hand behind head
• WIH — Women's Integrated Healthcare
• SA — Scheduled Allowance
• SCH — Sole Community Hospitals
• HD — haemodialysis
• PARA — Parity
• NVA — NonVeterans Administration
• NHTA — Nevada Healthcare Technology Association
• WIC — Women, Infant & Children Program
• PP — Prospective Payment
• NAP — National Advisory Council
• UCHD — User-centred healthcare design
• UHIS — Unbundling of Hospital Inpatient Services
• MBHCW — Medicare Home & Community Based Services Waivers System
• ROL — Right occipito-lateral
• MCS — Mandatory Claim Submission System
• DTS — Delerium tremens
• SHS — Society for Health Systems
• OAHE — Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineers
• VE — Ventricular ectopics
• MEDIGAP — Medicare Gap
• IL — Intermediary Letter
• RI — Regional Intermediary
• MDC — Medicare Data Center
• MEDMRG — Medicaid Merge Program
• PHPO — Private Health Plan Option
• SCC — Spinal cord compression
• PSR — Provider Statistics & Reimbursement Report
• IM — Intermediary Manual
• MSC — Message Switching Centers
• RSF — Renal Services Facility
• HMHISAC — HM Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing Operation
• TFA — Trans fatty acids
• ROAMS — Regional Office Appeals Management System
• NMHCC — National Managed Healthcare Congress Conference
• FXIII — Factor thirteen
• LSP — Left sacro-posterior
• HCRI — Health Care Rights Initiative
• SMI — Standardized Medreview Instrument
• VR — Vision, Right
• PPS — Proposed Price Setting
• CI — Catastrophic Indicator
• HEP — Hepatitis Education Project
• JURIS — RRB Jurisdiction Change Operation
• TPEXLAX — Third Party Expel Lapsed, Antiquated & XR Records
• PMS — Passive movements
• DM — Diabetis Mellitus

• HP — HI Payment Records Operations
• HIS — Healthcare Infection Society
• SCACA — Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act
• VC — Volume Control
• MI — Manual Issuance
• PHC — Preferred Health Care
• UHIP — Urban Healthcare Initiative Program
• MICO — Midwestern Consortium
• RSA — Right Sacroanterior
• FA — Fetal anomaly
• IPA — Intrapulmonary Artery
• HH — home help
• MSS — Medicare Statistical System
• MSA — Medical Statistical Area
• MIR — Medicare Information Request
• HDMUPS — HI Daily Master Update Processing System
• HIP — Health Insurance Pamphlet
• UHCIA — Uniform 477 Information Act
• CMP — Chondromalacia pattellae
• ENTRAP — ENrollment TRAnsaction Processors
• EA — Elective admission
• RPCH — Rural Primary Care Hospital
• MCH — Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
• PCD — Premium Conversion Date
• CPT — Cost Per Treatment
• HD — Handicapped/Disabled
• CAPS — Capitated Ambulatory Plan
• MPS — Market Penetration Survey
• ESRDBF — EndStage Renal Disease Beneficiary File
• RC — Reasonable Charge
• SBIGPPP — State BuyIn Group Practice Prepayment Plan
• SB — Seen by
• MA — Medicaid Agency
• TAC — Toxicant Analysis Center
• PHTP — Priority Health Training Programs
• ED — Electronic Commerce
• MPC — Medical Patterns of Care
• RNP — Registered Nurse Prescriber
• ME — Medical Endurance
• WAR — Working Aged Recovery
• BSS — Benefit Summary Statistics
• SF6 — Sulphurhexaflouride
• SU.R — Suburethral repair
• IRB — Intern & Resident to Bed
• PSP — Provider/Supplier Service Plan
• CPD — Cost Per Discharge
• MIRPS — Miscellaneous Information Reference Postentitlement System
• EDBCCB — EDB Change Control Board
• SA — Spinal anaesthetic
• BF — Breast feed

• MCBFMR — BESS Focused Medical Review
• RC — Regional Carrier
• RHCD — Rescue Health Care Day
• RTI — Return to Intermediary
• BI — Benefits Integrity
• SSIPML — Second State Issuing Professional Medical License
• MAP — Medical Assistance Payments
• SI — Single Intermediary
• RE — Reasonable Expectancies
• BOSSN — Beneficiary's Own SSN
• SSR — Social Security Rulings
• SSM — Senior Staff Midwife
• CD — Catheter draining
• EMBER — Edit for Multiple Bene Entitlement Records
• RPA — Renal Physicians Association
• MCSSMR — Medicare Contractor Standard Systems Medical Review
• WA — Working Aged
• CC — Claims Control
• VRE — Vancomycin resistant enteroccocus
• SBC — School Based Clinics
• STR — Soft Tissue Release
• OBS — Observations
• THE — Trailblazers Health Enterprises, Inc. (MD component of TX BC/BS)
• SP — Supra pubic
• CHR — Complete Healthcare Retrofitting
• PS — Physician Sequential
• TCM — Transcutaneous monitoring
• TOP — Type of Provider
• STAR — Systems Test for Alternative Reimbursement
• ENTMRG — Prior Entitlement Merge
• SALT — Suspensions & Life Terminations System
• ETC — Etcetra
• SAP — Symptom-Associated Probability
• DOM — Developmental Office Minicomputer
• TBC — Tuberculin bacillus culture

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