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

• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• X/24 — Where x = number of hours
• MAS — Motor Assessment Scale
• HVS — High Vaginal Swab (medical test)
• ROM — Range Of Motion
• IPPV — Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation
• KVO — Keep Vein Open
• AEDF — Absent End Diastolic Flow
• HXPC — History of present complaint
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• WHO — World Health Organization
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CVA — Cerebrovascular Accident
• I:E RATIO — Inspiratory to expiratory ratio
• STAT — Immediately (from Latin statim)
• BPM — Beats Per Minute
• C OF E — Church of England
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• PAHM — Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management
• TBD — To Be Determined
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• SSN — Social Security Number
• FI02 — Fractioned inspired oxygen
• 1O — Primary
• N ENGL J MED — New England Journal of Medicine
• A.M — Morning before twelve
• T.D.S — Three times daily
• AAA — American Automobile Association
• DOA — dead on arrival
• SOBOE — Shortness of Breath on Exertion
• ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• V. FIB — Ventricular fibrillation
• T.I.D — Three Times Daily
• MEQ — Milliequivalent
• NOK — Next Of Kin
• CWMS — Colour, warmth, movement, sensation
• IV — Intravenous
• PASP — Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
• BA.ENEMA — Barium enema
• STAH — Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy
• PA.CO2 — Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
• THR — Total Hip Replacement
• LMP — Last Menstrual Period
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• M CO — Medicare Choice Organization
• RSV — Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• P.M — Afternoon

• FFD — Fixed Flexion Deformity
• UAMCDS — Uniform Ambulatory Medical Care Data Set
• AMI — acute myocardial infarction
• PHA — Pediatric Healthcare Associates
• GHPPS — Group Health Plan Payment System
• O.D — Once daily
• PHCH — Pediatric Health Care Home
• PMHA — Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance's
• PHSS — Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• PHA — Purdue Healthcare Advisors
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• ZN STAIN — Ziehl Neelsen stain
• NKA — No Known Allergies
• A.FIB — Atrial fibrillation
• KG — Kilogram
• CQI — Continuous Quality Improvement
• PEEP — positive end expiratory pressure
• PA.O2 — Partial pressure of arterial oxygen
• E.COLI — Escherichia coli
• BP — Blood Pressure
• A.FLUTTER — Atrial flutter
• DEPT — Department
• DDX — Differential Diagnosis
• A2HA — American Association of Hospital Accountants
• OG — Orogastric
• AMA — American Medical Association
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• HDID — HI Daily Identification
• M.D.U — As directed
• BA.SWALLOW — barium swallow
• M C NSF — Medicare Choice National Standard Format
• DX — Diagnosis
• FWB — Full Weight Bearing
• SVD — Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
• ADL — activity of daily living
• N&R — Needs & Requirements
• DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
• CVP — Central Venous Pressure
• AACN — American Association of Colleges of Nursing's
• C.DIFF — Clostridium difficile
• UHDDS — Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
• BA.MEAL — Barium meal
• ACOG — American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• IVS — interventricular septum
• OCC.HEALTH — Occupational Health
• Q.Q.H — Every four hours
• DRG — Diagnosis Related Group
• CRNP — Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
• CV — Cardiovascular

• LAP.& DYE — Laparoscopy and dye
• LUS — Lower Uterine Segment
• ABC — airway, breathing, circulation
• UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
• ADHA — American Dental & Hygienists Association
• COBRA — Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
• TB — Tuberculosis
• TPQY — Third Party Query System
• Q.D — Once daily
• HCO3 — Bicarbonate
• AAA — abdominal aortic aneurysm
• X2 — Twice
• AABB — American Association of Blood Banks
• CGA — Contact guard assistance
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• QDWI — Qualified Disabled and Working Individual
• W4O — Women 4 Oncology
• Q.6.H — Every six hours
• DFSRH — Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
• XIXED — Title 19 Entitlement Date
• HAASC — Hospital Affiliated Ambulatory Surgical Center
• W.END — Weekend
• GRADE V — high velocity thrusting movement beyond end range of motion
• BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
• W.CHAIR — Wheelchair
• RVOT — Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
• Q.D.S — Four times daily
• HBCAB — Hepatitis B Core Antibody
• APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
• Q.12.H — Every twelve hours
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• AFO — Ankle-Foot Orthosis
• LCX — Left Circumflex Artery
• RVSP — Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure
• PAF — Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
• QAHB — Quality Assurance Program Handbook
• CRRT — Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• APTTR — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Ratio
• IDPN — Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
• CSE — combined spinal epidural anaesthesia
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• OFC — Occipitofrontal Circumference
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• Q.4.H — Every four hours
• S/HMO — Social Health Maintenance Organization
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• ASC.AO. — Ascending aorta
• ABG — Arterial Blood Gas "Sats"
• LVEDP — CO)-left ventricular end diastolic pressure

• EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
• OP — Overpayment
• LDH — Lactate dehydrogenase
• PO — Post Office
• CDC — Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• PTA — Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
• G#P# — gravida#Para#
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• UPS — United Parcel Service, Inc.
• BX — Biopsy
• PAPVR — Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
• FOIA — Freedom of Information Act
• ANA — Antinuclear Antibody
• LSLY — Left side lying
• C3F8 — Perfluoropropane
• DOD — Date Of Death
• NO — Number
• ARF — Acute Renal Failure
• CRF — Chronic Renal Failure
• OT — Occupational Therapy
• EMRSS — Electronic Medical Record Storage Systems
• BIBA — Brought In By Ambulance
• LBS — Pounds weight
• NA — Not Applicable
• ISQ — In Status Quo
• MAX — Maximum
• CTS — Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• AS — American Samoa
• DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
• MIN — Minimum
• C — with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c")
• ACGIH — American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
• SBFT — Small Bowel Follow Through
• H — Hour
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• PCP — Primary Care Physician
• BGL — Blood Glucose Level
• BSHCM — Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management
• GASTROC — Gastrocnemius
• APPT — Appointment
• REC'D — received
• CCU — Coronary Care Unit
• NKDA — No Known Durg Allergies
• @ — at
• AMA — Against Medical Advice
• FHR — Fetal Heart Rate
• DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
• IM — Intramuscular
• LVOTO — Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
• WT — Weight

• CPAP — Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• LAB — Laboratory
• LBBB — Left Bundle Branch Block
• DASMB — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget
• IADL — Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
• ? — Query
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• RBBB — Right Bundle Branch Block
• PMHX — Past Medical History
• ALT DIE — On alternate days
• NACL — Sodium Chloride
• FICA — Federal Insurance Contribution Act
• ACBT — Active Cycle of Breathing Technique
• ULTT — Upper Limb Tension Test
• HCP — Health Care Professional
• ED — Emergency Department
• INFO — Information
• BTL — Bilateral Tubal Ligation
• OAUSC — On auscultation
• & — Ampersand
• CABWF — Combined A/B Working File
• EBL — Estimated Blood Loss
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• O2 — Oxygen
• NACRH — National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
• ARC — American Red Cross
• TIBC — Total Iron Binding Capacity
• RIF — Right Iliac Fossa Pain
• BSS — Blood sugar series
• WFL — Within Functional Limits
• HASEALP — HA Search Alpha Program
• GP — General Practitioner
• BEMOC — Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
• TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
• MCO — Managed Care Organization
• NP — Nurse Practitioner
• EHL — Extensor Hallucis Longus
• CMM — Capability Maturity Model
• GU — Genitourinary
• EIN — Employer Identification Number
• HX — History
• MSA — Medical Savings Account
• IPA — Independent Practice Association
• MMSE — Mini Mental State Examination
• NPI — National Provider Identifier
• AAP — American Academy of Pediatrics
• PACEMKR — Pacemaker System
• DKA — Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• G — Gram (g)
• IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram

• CPR — Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
• MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
• AGA — Appropriate Gestational Age
• ECHO — Echocardiogram
• PEARL — Pupils Equal and Reacting to Light
• RO — Regional Office
• NICU — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• I&O — Intake & Output
• LUQ — Left Upper Quadrant
• LSCS — Lower Segment Caesarean Section
• RNNP — Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner
• SSI — Supplemental Security Income
• GRADE IV — small amplitude movement into resistance
• PWB — Partial Weight Bearing
• NEG — NEGative
• LOC — Loss of Consciousness
• SOAP — Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
• AACN — American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• LOS — Length of Stay
• AKA — Above Knee Amputation (orthopaedic Usage)
• C — Celsius
• AQL — Acceptable Quality Level
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• YR — Year
• TPA — Third Party Administrator
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• BOS — Base of Support
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• HCDS — Health Care Delivery Systems
• IMP — Impression
• AAO — American Academy of Ophthalmology
• RN — Registered Nurse
• TPA — Tissue Plasminogen Activator
• AD LIB — As much as desired
• SSA — Social Security Administration
• MMHG — Millimetres of mercury
• C&S — Culture and Sensitivity
• FU — Follow-Up
• CMV — Cytomegalovirus
• TPL — Third-Party Liability
• VOL — Volume
• APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• ADA — American Dental Association
• KCL — Potassium Chloride
• SNF — Skilled Nursing Facility
• ESR — Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
• CRCL — Creatinine Clearance
• OASDI — Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance
• BMI — Body Mass Index
• CR — Continuing Resolution

• APR-DRG — all payer refined - diagnosis related groups
• ADD — Attention Deficit Disorder
• REHAB — Rehabilitation Evaluation Hall and Baker
• MAP — Mean Arterial Pressure
• INF — Inferior
• CHOL — Cholesterol
• LAT — Lateral
• BAWO — Bilateral antral washout
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• PEA — Pulseless Electrical Activity
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
• PVD — Peripheral Vascular Disease
• ENROLL — Enrollment
• ADM — Admission
• BMR — Basal Metabolic Rate
• QMB — Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
• STD — sexually transmitted disease
• CJD — Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• RSI — Repetitive Strain Injury
• PRVC — Pressure Regulated Volume Control
• CRNA — Certified registered nurse anesthetist
• HTN — Hypertension
• SIDS — Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• PCR — Polymerase Chain Reaction
• CPK — Creatine Phosphokinase
• HIN — Health Industry Number
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• NIV — Non Invasive Ventilation
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• PVC — Premature Ventricular Contraction
• FLP — Fasting Lipid Profile
• MMDDYY — MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear
• RR — Respiratory Rate
• MI — Myocardial Infarction
• HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
• DI — Disability Insurance
• CHO — Carbohydrate
• EOB — Explanation Of Benefits
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• AAHA — American Association of Homes for the Aging
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• Y2K — Year 2000
• POST — Posterior
• IOM — Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Science, U.S.)
• PHCP — Primary Health Care Provider
• DHH — Department of Health and Hospitals
• HR — Heart Rate

• BSA — Body Surface Area
• GHJ — Glenohumeral Joint
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• RVOTO — Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
• RIH — Right Inguinal Hernia
• WCC — White Cell Count
• LVOT — Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
• CU — Copper (Latin Cuprum)
• ECF — Extended Care Facility
• AAN — American Academy of Nursing
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• AAHP — American Association of Health Plans
• OA — Osteo-Arthritis
• CONS — Consultant
• NWB — Non Weight Bearing
• URTI — Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
• AACR — American Association for Cancer Research
• CCF — Congestive Cardiac Failure
• PHI — Protected Health Information
• AAPD — American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• TEMP — Temperature
• AVA — Aortic Valve Area
• UVJ — Ureterovesical Junction
• IPD — Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis
• I&D — Incision and Drainage
• NCOA — National Change Of Address
• ANP — Adult Nurse Practitioner
• FBS — fasting blood sugar
• ACS — American Cancer Society
• RUQ — Right Upper Quadrant
• PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
• FSH — follicle stimulating hormone
• AAFP — American Academy of Family Physicians
• RDS — Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• NAIC — National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• LVS — Low vaginal swabs
• SS — Social Security
• INR — International Normalised Ratio
• ACS — Acute Coronary Syndrome
• NSR — Normal Sinus Rhythm
• PEFR — Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (lung Function)
• SGA — Substantial Gainful Activity
• AVL — Available
• A&E — Accident & Emergency
• BG — Blood Glucose
• CA — Carcinoma
• EGA — Estimated Gestational Age
• GCS — Glasgow Coma Scale
• AGI — Alan Guttmacher Institute
• CRP — Cold Reactive Protein

• ANT — Anterior
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• DPNS — Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation
• APHA — American Public Health Association
• PAPVD — partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
• FHX — Family History
• LVF — Left Ventricular Failure
• AAPCC — American Association of Poison Control Centers
• BPP — Biophysical Profile
• TS.& AS — Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy
• PT — Prothrombin Time
• IU — International Unit
• PCA — Patient-Controlled Analgesia
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• NFR — Not for Resuscitation
• EOMB — explanation of medical benefits
• TC.D — Transcerebral diameter
• D&C — Dilatation and Curettage
• LDL — Low-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• PHN — Public Health Nurse
• SNAG — Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides
• RM — Registered Midwife
• BSO — Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
• COA — Change of Address
• MMDDCCYY — Month-Month/Day-Day/Century-Century/Year-Year
• SSA — Social Security actuaries
• MSSA — Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus
• LBP — Low Back Pain
• CAP — Community Acquired Pneumonia
• LBM — Lean Body Mass
• LIF — Left Iliac Fossa
• ALB — Albumin
• FVC — Forced Vital Capacity
• LOE — Level Of Effort
• LVH — Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
• EFW — Estimated Fetal Weight
• FBC — Full Blood Count
• TF — transfer
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• LCC — Life Cycle Cost
• ICP — Intracranial Pressure
• VAS — Visual Analogue Scale
• PIH — pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome
• S — second (do NOT use "sec" for "second;" use "sec" for "secant")
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• DSH — Deliberate Self-Harm
• TA — Technology Assessment
• AD — Alzheimer's Disease
• PPS — Prospective Payment System

• CHB — Complete Heart Block
• SCORE — Service Corps Of Retired Executives
• BPD — Biparietal Diameter
• AABH — Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
• NOCTE — At night
• SBE — Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
• LRTI — Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
• PR — Per Rectum
• MIB — Medical Information Bureau
• NTD — Neural Tube Defect
• GD — Grade
• EMEVS — Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
• PADL — Personal Activities of Daily Living
• ECT — ElectroConvulsive Therapy
• AVM — Arteriovenous Malformation
• CNP — Certified Nurse Practitioner
• FAAN — Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
• ACC — American College of Cardiology
• CHA — Catholic Health Association
• INCL — Include
• ZIP 4 — 9 digit ZIP Code Plan
• RX — Treatment
• OHA — Oral Hypoglycaemic Agent
• IUGR — Intrauterine Growth Retardation
• PPROM — Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
• VSD — Ventricular Septal Defect
• TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• AVR — Aortic Valve Replacement
• BBB — Bundle Branch Block
• NG — Nasogastric
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• APA — American Psychiatric Association
• MSN — Master Of Science In Nursing
• RV — Review
• OPO — Organ Procurement Organization
• HDU — High Dependency Unit
• AOA — American Osteopathic Association
• EOS — Eosinophil
• OGD — Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
• PUD — Peptic Ulcer Disease
• AAKP — American Association of Kidney Patients
• LP — Lumbar Puncture
• TAH — Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
• LTC — Long Term Care Program
• NPRM — Notice Of Proposed Rule Making
• NA — Sodium (Latin ''Natrium'')
• TIDAL PD — Tidal peritoneal dialysis
• OCP — Oral Contraceptive Pill
• T2DM — Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• TM — Tympanic Membrane
• DC — Discharge
• HICN — Health Insurance Claim Number
• GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
• EF — Ejection Fraction
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• CXR — Chest X-Ray
• AROM — Active Range Of Motion
• US — Ultrasound
• BCA — Board of Contract Appeals
• PET SCAN — Positron emission tomography scan
• REM — Rapid Eye Movement
• 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
• HOS — Health Outcomes Survey
• ENT — Ear nose and throat
• K — Potassium
• PI — Pulsatility Index
• SSDI — Social Security Disability Insurance
• OCC — occasional
• ORTHO — Orthopaedics
• TKR — Total Knee Replacement
• BP — Business Partner
• HCV — hepatitis C virus
• RLQ — Right Lower Quadrant
• IVC — Inferior Vena Cava
• AAHSA — American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• CP — Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey
• TL — Tubal Ligation
• OASDHI — Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance
• DOEH — Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance
• CPSC — Consumer Products Safety Commission
• URO — Utilization Review Organization
• TEP — Tracheoesophageal Puncture
• SSOP — Second Surgical Opinion Program
• CDT — Current Dental Terminology
• STM — Short Term Memory
• QAPI — Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
• ASO — An Administrative Services Only
• AFDC — Aid to Families with Dependant Children
• FACCT — Foundation for Accountability
• STD — Short-term disability
• ACNP-C — Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Certified
• METS — Metastases
• ADAP — AIDS Drug Assistance Program
• AHA — American Heart Association
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• AHIMA — American Health Information Management Association
• PND — Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnoea
• IBW — Ideal Body Weight
• BMT — Bone Marrow Transplantation

• DVT — Deep Vein Thrombosis
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• STNR — Symmetric Tonic Neck Reflex
• OD — OverDose
• OSHA — Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• ADAMHA — Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (now SAMHSA)
• ERPC — Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception
• UBW — Usual Body Weight
• NPU — not passed urine
• PEJ — Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy
• TMP — Transmembrane Pressure
• PTA — Prior To Admission
• FTT — Failure To Thrive
• CCPD — continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
• FESS — Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• ACNP — Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• PD — Peritoneal Dialysis
• VBG — Venous Blood Gas
• ALOS — Average Length Of Stay
• TCI — To Come In (hospital appointments)
• MMOL — millimole
• HHC — Home Health Care
• PTT — Partial Thromboplastin Time
• SVRA — Self-ventilating on room air
• GIT — Gastrointestinal Tract
• SC — Subcutaneous
• CPT — Current Procedural Terminology
• HIPPS — Health Insurance Prospective Payment System
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• RCA — Right Coronary Artery
• MED-ED — Medical Education
• FFP — fresh frozen plasma
• BIC — Beneficiary Identification Code
• OP — Outpatient
• TOS — Type Of Service
• LLQ — left lower quadrant
• ABR — American Board of Radiology
• PCEA — Patient controlled epidural analgesia
• ECHO — Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
• AAPHR — American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
• RRT — Renal Replacement Therapy
• IG — Immune Globulin
• RZF — Rollator zimmer frame
• AVNRT — Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia
• IVSD — Interventricular septum in diastole
• TP — Third Party
• OGTT — Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
• HDL — High-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• HCAHPS — Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems
• CCRN — Critical Care Registered Nurse

• XIX — Title 19 Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs
• FSE — Fetal Scalp Electrode
• SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
• IOL — Intraocular Lens
• PDA — Posterior Descending Artery
• CAPA — Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse
• AORN — Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
• NSAID — Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
• REV — Revision
• STI — sexually transmitted infection
• PNF — Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
• MEDS — Medication
• PEP MASK — Positive expiratory pressure mask
• NLM — National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
• SROM — Spontaneous rupture of membrane
• NIBP — Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
• HT — Heights
• LSO — Left Salpingo-Oophorectomy
• OSH ACT — Occupational Safety & Health Act
• DILV — Double Inlet Left Ventricle
• EXT — Extension Shelf
• SMQC — System for Monitoring Quality of Care
• TCOM — Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring
• IMV — Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
• CX — Cervix
• RVH — Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
• PCI — Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• ASIS — Anterior Superior Iliac Spine
• PID — pelvic inflammatory disease
• ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (for a generic drug)
• INV — inversion
• RV — Right Ventricle
• POS — Positive
• MMR — Measles, mumps, rubella
• SAO2 — Arterial Oxygen Saturation
• CCT — Controlled Cord Traction
• D&V — Diarrhoea and Vomiting
• GTT — Glucose Tolerance Test
• SHX — Social History
• NHI — National Health Insurance
• B.D — Twice daily
• CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
• IIHI — Individually Identifiable Health Information
• ENP — Emergency Nurse Practitioner
• GDM — Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
• VBAC — Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
• PPIVM — Passive physiological intervertebral movements
• LCL — Lateral Collateral Ligament
• COLD — Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• PGE — Prostaglandin E

• BBA — Born Before Arrival
• MCA — Middle Cerebral Artery
• HIB — Hospital Insurance Benefits
• ACF — Administration for Children and Families
• FB — Foreign Body
• BLS — Basic life support
• SVC — Superior Vena Cava
• KCAL — kilocalories
• DIPJ — Distal Interphalangeal Joint
• IVI — Intravenous Infusion
• IP — Intraperitoneal
• FDS — flexor digitorum superficialis
• CPQC — Claims Processing Quality Control
• RGN — Registered General Nurse
• PSWD — Pulsed Short-Wave Diathermy
• BA — Barium
• POC — Plan of Care
• MS — Mitral Stenosis
• ACJ — Acromioclavicular Joint
• CVS — Cardiovascular System
• PSIS — Posterior Superior Iliac Spine
• PE — pulmonary embolus
• AKI — Acute Kidney Injury
• FDOES — First Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance
• SMIB — Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• DNA — Did Not Attend
• HBV — hepatitis B virus
• DRNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• KAFO — Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis
• DLBCL — diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• # — Fracture
• BC/BS — Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• ABI — Ankle/Brachial Index
• ARM — Artificial Rupture of Membranes
• HRT — Hormone Replacement Therapy (man-made drugs used to ease the symptoms of menopause)
• MINS — Minutes
• ALS — Advanced Life Support
• OPPS — Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• DOM/N — Director of Midwifery/Nursing
• ET — Endotracheal
• NIMH — National Institute of Mental Health
• NCA — Nurse Controlled Analgesia
• SE — Selenium
• YYYY — Four-Digit Year
• FLEX — flexion
• ECV — External Cephalic Version
• FNS — Food and Nutrition Service
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• ICD — Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

• NOF — Neck Of Femur
• HPOA — Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy
• MDT — Multidisciplinary Team
• DW — Discussed with
• MR — Mitral Regurgitation
• APG — Ambulatory Patient Group
• EXT — Extension File
• MTPJ — Metatarsophalangeal Joint
• MVR — Mitral Valve Replacement
• IPJ — Interphalangeal Joint
• HCPCS — Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
• ANA — American Nurses Association
• FH — Fetal Heart
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• PEG — Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
• MMIS — Medicaid Management Information System
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• HAV — Hepatitis A Virus
• NDR — National Death Repository
• LCD — Local Coverage Determination
• NOI — Notice of Intent
• CEA — Carotid Endarterectomy
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• PMC — Patient Management Categories
• BEE — Basal Energy Expenditure
• PPAM AID — Pneumatic post amputation mobility aid
• LIH — Left Inguinal Hernia
• PFR — Pelvic Floor Repair
• CMN — Certified Medical Necessity
• CN — Claim Number
• CMP — Comprehensive Medical Plan
• MROP — Manual Removal of Placenta
• NMS — Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
• PDMA — Prescription Drug Marketing Act
• ITP — Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
• NRA — National Rifle Association
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• YO — Year Old
• ANNA — American Nephrology Nurses' Association
• NB — Note Bene
• IPPB — intermittent positive pressure breathing
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• HHPPS — Home Health Prospective Payment System
• STATS — Statistics
• SSG — Split Skin Graft
• SSH — Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• PHT — Pulmonary Hypertension

• ABN — Advanced Beneficiary Notice
• OHSS — Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
• GORD — gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
• SHO — Senior house officer (UK)
• HME — Home Medical Equipment
• MCL — Medial Collateral Ligament
• CABS — Carrier Access Billing System
• MN — Master of Nursing
• GCT — Glucose Challenge Test
• RNI — Reference Nutrient Intake
• PCL — Posterior Cruciate Ligament
• UPIN — Unique Physician Identification Number
• ANT.LAT — Anterolateral
• AK — Above Knee
• ROT — Rotation
• APACHE — Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation
• BOAN — Beneficiarys Own Account Number
• SOP — Status of Provider
• QI — Quality Indicator
• CPHRM — Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management
• VMA — Vanillymadelic Acid
• HMR — Healthcare Management Resources
• SAD — Seasonal Affective Disorder
• VAD — Ventricular Assist Device
• DISA — Data Interchange Standards Association
• SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.
• MECCA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
• PTA — Post Traumatic Amnesia
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• ADC — Adult Day Care
• AB — Apnoea/Bradycardia
• MSHCM — Master of Science in Health Care Management
• EMSS — Emergency Medical Service System
• SPR — Specialist registrar (UK)
• AAF — Aplastic Anemia Foundation
• RH — Rhesus factor
• RA — Right Atrium
• TFVT — Tension free vaginal tape
• UA — Urinalysis
• RBG — Random Blood Glucose
• T19 — Title XIX of the Social Security Act
• CPAF — Cost Plus Award Fee (Type of Contract)
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• PICC — Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
• IHD — Ischaemic Heart Disease
• SSD — Source to skin distance
• PLTS — Platelets
• MCH — Maternal and Child Health Program
• MRT — Medical Review Team
• USS — ultrasound scan

• FBM — Fetal Breathing Movement
• LGA — large for gestational age
• ID — Infectious Disease
• JVP — Jugular Venous Pressure
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• TDD — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
• CSOM — Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
• HMS — Healthcare Management System
• PERT — Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy
• RTI — Respiratory Tract Infection
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• PIPJ — Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
• EBM — Expressed Breast Milk
• NICHD — National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• PHI — Personal Health Information
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• VIA — By Means Of (By Way Of)
• SCD — Sickle Cell Disease
• MPFS — Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• LTCF — Long Term Care Facility
• AIIS — Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine
• ANA — Administration for Native Americans
• CVC — Central Venous Catheter
• CDE — Certified Diabetic Educator
• 2 — Secondary to
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
• GVHD — Graft Versus Host Disease
• EAL — Evaluation Assurance Level
• MN — Manganese
• TOP — Termination Of Pregnancy
• COP — Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
• DHS — Dynamic Hip Screw
• CAP.REFILL — Capillary refill
• NAD — No Abnormality Detected
• LAA — Left Atrial Appendage
• MPIES — Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility System
• MAP — Medical Assistance Program
• CHAP — Community Health Accreditation Program
• SUP — Superior
• BHO — Behavioral Health Organization
• RAP — Request for Anticipated Payment
• RA — Risk Assessment
• ABPANC — American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc.
• RQ — Respiratory Quotient
• NAS — Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• HEP — hepatitis
• AZT — azidothymidine
• SGA — small for gestational age
• RD — Retinal Detachment

• AONE — American Organization of Nurse Executives
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• YOB — Year Of Birth
• NDC — National Drug Code
• RT — Respiratory Therapy
• SW — Social Worker
• CDM — Charge Description Master
• MRS-1 — Medical Review System Version 1
• CA2 — Calcium Ion
• FI — Fiscal Intermediary
• HC — Head Circumference
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• DCIS — Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
• MCUG — Micturating Cystourethrogram
• AKF — American Kidney Fund
• ST — Sinus Tachycardia (cardiac)
• PEM — Protein Energy Malnutrition
• ISCLT — International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology
• AMC — Academic Medical Center
• OP — Outpatient Pharmacy
• EAC — External Auditory Canal
• HYBC — Hypothetical Base Year Calculations
• ANP — Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• IG — Implementation Guide
• PFO — Patent Foramen Ovale
• PU — passed urine
• OE — On Examination
• O&P — Ova & Parasites
• DR — Doctor
• HI — Head Injury
• EDBO — EDB Online
• HHABN — Home Health Advanced Beneficiary Notice
• PTSD — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• WHNP — Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
• IFT — Interferential Therapy
• PHP — Partial Hospitalization Program
• TCPO2 — Transcutaneous Oxygen Pressure
• ACSI — American Customer Satisfaction Index
• ACHE — American College of Healthcare Executives
• EPO — Exclusive Provider Organization
• AADA — Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application
• N2 — Nitrogen
• ITT — Insulin Tolerance Test
• BBS — Berg Balance Scale
• RC — Roman Catholic
• TURP — Trans-Urethral Resection of the Prostate
• CHAMPUS — (U.S.) Civilian Health And Medical Program Of The Uniformed Services
• CVL — Central Venous Line
• IN PT — In Patient
• NAHC — National Association for Home Care and Hospice

• PPN — Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• PNP — Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• MOD — moderate dysplasia
• FDG — Fluorodeoxyglucose
• ECMO — Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• OM — Obtuse Marginal
• QMRP — Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
• NAI — Non-Accidental Injury
• HSE — Health Service Executive
• CRB — Change Review Board
• EA — Emergency Assistance
• BHX — Birth history
• HL7 — Health Level Seven (formatting and protocol standard)
• ICF — Intermediate Care Facility
• STEMI — ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• HBSAG — Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
• PSW — Psychiatric Social Worker
• NNP — Neonatal Nurse Practition
• NHA — Nursing Home Administrator
• SWETZ — Short wire excision of transformation zone
• FROM — Full Range Of Motion
• EROT — External rotation
• TBW — Tension Band Wiring
• BDPC — Breakthrough Drug Pricing Committee
• CEMOC — Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
• BMA — Bone Marrow Aspirate
• RHA — RHeumatoid Arthritis
• C2H5OH — Alcohol
• AACG — Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
• SIR — System Improvement Request
• MECT — multiple electroconvulsive therapy
• BENDEX — Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange System
• TORCH — Toxoplasmosis Other Rubella Cytomegalovirus Herpes
• EUM — Examination under Microscope
• MRCP — Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
• ACA — Amputee Coalition of America
• TAPVD — Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
• VA — Visual Acuity
• PKU — Phenylketonuria
• STD — Short Term Disability
• EMS — Elderly Mobility Scale
• PPV — Pars Plana Vitrectomy
• SLR — Straight Leg Raise
• ACR — American College of Radiology
• OCPD — Optichoice peritoneal dialysis
• LOA — Left Occipitoanterior
• JCAHO — Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
• MAU — Medical Assessment Unit
• MRTAG — Mortality Review Technical Advisory Group

• VITS — Vitamins
• NPO — Nil per oral
• SSN — Senior Staff Nurse
• FFS — Fee-For-Service
• UVC — Umbilical Venous Catheter
• FFP — Federal Financial Participation
• TITLE XIV — Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled
• MAO — Medical Assistance Only
• CLFS — Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
• DUR — Drug Utilization Review
• GRADE II — large amplitude movement well into the range of movement
• NND — Neonatal Death
• L — Litre
• HMD — Hyaline Membrane Disease
• EV — eversion
• NOA — Notice of Admission
• HDH — Healthcare Development Holding
• HQPAF — Healthcare Quality Patient Assessment Form
• ADT — Admission/Discharge Transfer
• ETCO2 — end-tidal CO2
• LMA — Laryngeal Mask Airway
• FET — Forced Expiratory Technique
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• MBN — Medicare Benefit Notice
• PRICER — PPS pricing software for inpatient stays system
• ADMS — Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services
• AN — Account Number
• POP — Plaster of Paris
• HPI — Healthcare Performance Improvement
• SEER — Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
• PULSED SWD — Pulsed short wave diathermy
• CWF/MSP — Common Working File / Medicare Secondary Payer
• NIA — National Institute on Aging
• CHAP — Child Health Assurance Program
• EPAU — Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
• AVB — Atrioventricular Block
• LTM — Long Term Memory
• LVAD — Left Ventricular Assist Device
• GCSF — Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor
• AUSC — Auscultation
• IVU — Intravenous Urogram
• HCT — haemoglobin content, haematocrit
• RSD — Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• MEDPAC — Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
• CTG — Cardiotocograph
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• FACHE — Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives
• TSR — Total Shoulder Replacement
• BCL — Bandage Contact Lens
• BHI — Behavioral Healthcare Incorporated

• HIMA — Health Industry Manufacturers Association
• APS — Acute Physiology Score
• FES — FNS)/functional electrical stimulation
• PR — Peer Review
• TTY — Text Telephones
• SCL CANCER — Small cell lung cancer
• AAPC — American Association of Professional Coders
• FS — Frozen Section
• HHRG — Home Health Resource Group
• IHS — Indian Health Service
• DFLSD — Death File Limiting State Death
• TIB.& FIB — Tibia & Fibula
• PWD — Persons With Disabilities
• REPS — Repetitions
• HIS — Healthcare Information System
• AML — Acute Myeloid leukaemia
• IOC — Inspection of Care
• IUCD — Intrauterine Contraceptive Device
• GPP — Group Practice Plan
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• CHEMO — ChemoTherapy
• DUA — Data Use Agreement
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• EFM — electronic fetal monitoring, cardiotocography
• TMR — Transmyocardial Revascularization
• DESI — Drug Efficacy Study & Implementation Program
• MEDPAR — Medicare Provider Analysis and Review
• IND — Independent
• DDR — Discharge During Referral
• BT SHUNT — Blalock-Taussig Shunt
• HCA — Hospital Corporation of America
• BATF — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
• AAPCC — Adjusted Average per Capita Cost
• ACEI — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• ALT — Alanine Amino Transferase
• HHI — Home Health Intermediary
• NFA — No Fixed Abode
• GBS — Group B Streptococcus
• NHL — Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• OHCDS — Organized Health Care Delivery System
• ESKD — End Stage Kidney Disease
• HDBUTE — Health Insurance Database Update Program
• CARF — Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• SADMERC — Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• EDF — Execution Diagnostic Facility
• AET — Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia
• EXS — Exercises
• CCRC — Continuing Care Retirement Community's
• CONC — concentrate
• RIG — Radiology inserted gastrostomy

• SUI — Stress Urinary Incontinence
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• PU/ME/DE — Public Use / Medical Effectiveness / Demonstration & Evaluation
• REE — intake/resting energy expenditure
• PBSCH — Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest
• CNM — Clinical Nurse Manager
• SCM MUSCLE — Sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle
• REG — Registrar
• PIN — Provider Identification Number
• BIPAP — Bi-level intermittent positive airway pressure
• BK — Below knee (transtibial)
• PIP — Peak Inspiratory Pressure
• CCN — Claim Control Number
• LV — left ventricle of the heart
• IVUS — Intravascular Ultrasound
• ADM — Advanced Diabetes Management
• VQ — Ventilation perfusion quotient
• CSU — collection of catheter specimen of urine
• IABP — Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
• CPR — Computerized Patient Record
• WL — Waiting List
• FROM — Full Range of Movement
• GIC — General Inpatient Care
• GHP — Group Health Plan, Inc.
• UO — Urinary Output
• NIPPV — Non Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• SAMSHA — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• HCC — Hierarchical Condition Category
• HBA1C — glycosylated haemoglobin type A1c
• JIA — Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• ZN — Zinc
• FASA — Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (nonprofit association representing the interests of ambulatory surgery centers)
• MOB — Mobility
• FNA — fine needle aspiration biopsy
• ABH — Association of Behavioral Healthcare
• CALPERS — California Public Employees' Retirement System
• EMU — Early Morning Urine
• PSV — Pressure support ventilation
• SHL — Sonic Healthcare Limited
• FAH — Federation of American Hospitals
• ABD — abdominal
• COBA — Coordination of Benefits Agreement
• ICD — International Classification of Diseases
• XVI — Title 16 Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled or Aid & Medical Assistance for the
• ADG — Ambulatory Diagnostic Group
• BCG — Bacille Calmette-Guerine
• SR — Sinus Rhythm
• VMO — Vastus Medialis Oblique
• PCP — Phencyclidine
• PMB — Post Menopausal Bleeding

• DDH — developmental dysplasia of the hip joint
• HCT — Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique
• BHE — Behavioral Healthcare Education
• PRO/FI — Professional Review Organization/Fiscal Intermediary
• AMCS — Automated Medical Coding System
• NF — Nursing Facility
• NRP — Network Resource Planning
• PRO — Peer Review Organization
• DVA — Department of Veterans Affairs
• MA — Medicare Advantage
• NCD — National Coverage Determination
• TTDH — Third Party Termination Date for Hospital Insurance
• CAH — Critical Access Hospital
• ITU — Intensive Therapy Unit
• BUPA — British United Provident Association
• TITLE XVIII — Health Insurance
• MNB — Manipulation of nasal bones
• WOCN — Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses
• PFTS — Pulmonary Function Tests
• COB — Coordination of benefits
• GA — general anaesthetic
• CCA — Child Care Association
• NCHS — National Center for Health Statistics standards
• HHA — Home Health Agency
• NHC — National Healthcare Corporation
• NTT — nasotracheal tube
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• RTA — Road Traffic Accident (British)
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• NH — Nursing Home
• COT — Chain of Trust
• CDR — Continuing Disability Review
• EVAR — Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
• T1DM — Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus
• RCC — Ratio of Cost to Charges
• HCA — Health Care Assistant
• ES — Emergency Service
• CHC — Community Health Center
• NETZ — Needle excision of transformation zone
• TENS — placebo-transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
• ABPA — asthmatic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• PLAD — Posterior Lip Augmentation Device
• DR — Doctor Robert (Beatles song)
• FM — Fetal Movement
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• CM — Centimetre
• LUPA — Low Utilization Payment Adjustment
• NIDA — National Institute on Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health)
• PSAX — Parasternal short axis

• DICOM — Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
• RICE — Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. (For the treatment of certain leg and foot injuries.)
• UHG — Unified Healthcare Group (Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• CPM — Chronic progressive myelopathy
• CL — Chloride
• CSII — Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion
• RHC — Rural Health Center
• LOC — Level of Care
• LAVH — Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
• T16 — Title XVI of the Social Security Act
• PECOS — Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
• BNO — Bowels Not Opened
• FMC — Foundation for Medical Care
• TV — Tricuspid Valve
• AHS — Amn Healthcare Services
• FOB — Faecal Occult Blood
• TICH — Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage
• TBG — true blood glucose
• HCRA — Health Care Reimbursement Account
• COD — Change Of Dressing
• CTEV — Congenital talipes equina varus
• GRADE I — small amplitude movement at beginning of range of movement
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• EOR — End of Range
• MEQC — Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control
• HIT — Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• PCM — Palliative Care Management
• AE — Air Entry
• TA — Tendon of achilles
• FT — Full Term
• A&A — Aids and Appliances
• OPE — Oral Peripheral Examination
• LAB — Laboratory Animals Bureau
• NPDB — National Practitioner Data Bank (medical)
• ACEP — American College of Emergency Physicians
• CSAP — Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• BI DIR — Bidirectional
• TEE — Total Energy Expenditure
• CPT-4 — current procedural terminology, version 4
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• FASEB — Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's
• CDAD — Clostridium difficile-associated disease
• TITS — Trimming of Inferior Turbinates
• TVI — tissue velocity imaging
• IYCF — Infant and Young Child Feeding
• MBD — Medicare Beneficiary Database
• NACDS — National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CPRI — Computer-based Patient Record Institute

• ASR — Accreditation Summary Report
• PROM — Prolonged Rupture of Membranes
• CBC — Capillary blood count
• HIPE — Hospital In-Patient Enquiry
• DDE — Direct Data Entry
• MND — Motor Neurone Disease
• HIICAP — Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program
• HI — Health Insurance
• IUGR — intrauterine growth restriction
• ADP — Alternative Disposition Plan
• BRDPI — Biomedical Research and Development Price Index
• ABPI — Ankle brachial pulse index
• AAFES — Army & Air Force Exchange Services
• MSN — Medicare Summary Notice
• G&H — group and hold
• SOR — Section Operating Report
• PACE — Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
• SFD — Small for Dates
• APG — Ambulatory Payment Group
• IEP — Initial Enrollment Period
• ROA — right occipitoanterior
• OIG — Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services
• HAI — Healthcare Associated Infection
• LRD — Lifetime Reserve Days
• SLMB — Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary
• MD — Medical Director
• HM — hand movements
• PTB — Patella Tendon Bearing
• MG2 — Magnesium
• WNPSC — Western Program Service Center
• MV — Mitral Valve
• MSPPAY — Medicare Secondary Payor Payment Module
• OD — Occupational Disease
• CSTE — Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists
• IHC — Intermountain Health Care
• AFR — Average Flow Rate
• CPPC — Cost Plus Percentage-of-Cost
• DHPC — Direct Healthcare Professional Communication
• ABS — Alkyl BenzeneSulfonate
• ANAES — Anaesthetic
• PICU — paediatric intensive care unit
• EFA — low-essential fatty acids
• PPR IMI — Physician Payment Reform Impact Monitoring Initiative
• FAS — Fetal assessment scan
• FASC — Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center
• TCRE — Transcervical resection of endometrium
• OWL — Older Women's League
• MA — Medical Assistance
• DD — Developmental Disability
• DCR — Dacryocystorhinostomy

• SCJ — Sternoclavicular Joint
• GXM — group and cross match
• TEDH — Third Party Entitlement Date for Hospital Insurance
• EDD — estimated date of delivery
• CMR — Comprehensive Medical Review
• FAANP — Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• DAWN — (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
• NAPH — National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems
• DIS — Disabled
• PO4 — Phosphate
• BC — Board Certified
• UAC — Umbilical Arterial Catheter
• DEFIB — Defibrillation
• INFEROLAT — Inferolateral
• TURBT — Transurethral resection of bladder tumour
• MSU — Midstream Specimen of Urine
• MMWR — Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• BIF — Benefit Information Form
• CHC — Certified in Healthcare Compliance
• TITLE I — Grants to States for old age assistance & medical assistance for the aged
• SECRETARY — Secretary of Health and Human Services
• AO.ARCH — Aortic arch
• DI — Detrusor Instability
• AO.ROOT — Aortic root
• BHI — Boots Healthcare International
• CAQH — Council for Affordable and Quality Healthcare
• OAA — Old Age Assistance
• TFTS — thyroid function tests
• RCN — Registered Childrens Nurse
• HIC — Home Intensive Care
• HCT — Health Care Team
• VT — Very Terminal
• DOTH — Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance
• BO — bowels opened
• AVC PUMP — Anterior venous compression pump
• NOCO — Northeastern Consortium
• HEI — Healthcare Equality Index
• NDEP — National Diabetes Education Program
• LOINC — Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
• GAMMA GT — gamma glutamyl transferase
• FEV1 — forced expiratory volume in one second
• IMA — Individual Medical Account
• COAG.SCREEN — Coagulation screen
• LAB — Laboratory Assessments Board
• BC — Business Continuity
• IME — Indirect Medical Education
• WZF — Wheeled Zimmer Frame
• TAPVR — Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
• DOE — Dyspnoea on Exertion
• LAB — Laboratory Accreditation Board

• CAC — Carrier Advisory Committee
• PHC — Providence Health Care
• ERCP — Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography Procedures
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• SCHIP — State Child Health Insurance Program
• NME — National Medical Enterprises
• RT — Radiotherapy
• AAH — Alliance for Alternatives in Healthcare
• ASIM — American Society of Internal Medicine
• DMEPOS — Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics And Supplies
• RSLY — Right side lying
• SSPE — Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• HINN — HospitalIssued Notice of Noncoverage
• ASCO — American Society of Clinical Oncology's
• HIP — Health Insurance Plan
• MVA — Mitral Valve Area
• OHDS — Office of Human Development Services
• LLETZ — Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone
• SNFMDS — SNF Minimum Data Set
• AMRA — American Medical Records Association
• CMSS — Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• CPV — Cost Per Visit
• C&C — Collar and cuff
• TGA — transposition of the great arteries
• DOTS — Date of Termination of Supplementary Medical Insurance
• NP — New Patient
• UPL — Upper Payment Limit
• CPR — Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable
• P&N — Pins and needles
• IPRP — Interim Payment Review Program
• APRS — Aspiration-penetration rating scale
• CWF — Common Working File
• ASA — American Society of Anaesthesiologists
• HSA — Health Service Area
• LOR — Loss of Resistance
• TPCS — Third Party Code for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• ORHP — Office of Rural Health Policy
• EPO — Epidemiology Program Office
• TMA — Transitional Medical Assistance
• MAN.DEX — Manual dexterity
• SSH — Short Stay Hospital
• CHN — Community Healthcare Network
• EVS — Eligibility Verification System
• NSCL CANCER — Non small cell lung cancer
• ACYF — Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
• MAU — Medical Admission unit
• FHH — Fetal Heart Heard
• MIMS — Medicare Information Management System
• X/52 — Where x = number of weeks

• HH — Home Health Care
• GEST — gestation
• SIJ — Sacroiliac Joint
• PA — Pulmonary Artery
• DVAAP — Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program
• IWA — Irish Wheelchair Association
• CHIM — Center for Healthcare Information Management
• IWD — Individuals With Disabilities
• EST — Exercise Stress Test
• ORIF — Open reduction and internal fixation
• CVAD — central venous access device
• MPCC — Medicare Premium Collection Center
• RNID — Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability
• WPC — Washington Publishing Company
• PEBES — Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement
• WB — Weight Bearing
• PN — parenteral nutrition
• MCPS — Medicare Claims Processing System
• MR/UR — Medical Review / Utilization Review
• HOOP — Healthcare Out Of Pocket
• FN — Febrile Neutropenia
• NMES — Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• MRB — Medical Review Board
• PAHP — Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan
• NKF — National Kidney Foundation
• CHAMPUS — Civilian Health & Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services
• SAMHSA — Supstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• CVVH — Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration
• VMS — Viable Information Processing Systems Medicare System
• CERTS — Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics
• IRF — Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• HIS — Health Interview Survey
• MPI — Medicare Provider Inventory
• LCAC — Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor
• VL — Vision, Left
• APS — Attending Physician Statement
• TIA — Transient Ischaemic Attack
• CASPRO — Clinical Area Support PRO
• ECP — External Counterpulsation
• POD — Progression of Disease
• HIPDB — Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
• PLAX — Parasternal long axis
• TITLE II — Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits
• GEP — General Enrollment Period
• HWD — Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities
• AOA — American Optometric Association
• HOP — Hospital Orientation Program
• IHC — Institute for HealthCare Consumerism
• APME — Advisory Panel on Medicare Education
• DORV — Double Outlet Right Ventricle

• VML — Vastus Medialis Longus
• MT — metatarsal
• PAIVM — Passive accessory intervertebral movements
• MR/DD — mentally retarded/developmentally disabled
• RECOM — Recommended
• ABS — Annual Beneficiary Summary
• LCDM — Life Cycle Development Methodology
• NLN — National League of Nursing
• BG — blood gases
• PAG — Policy Advisory Group
• TRACHY — Tracheostomy
• FCCA — Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966
• NEJM — New England Journal of Medicine
• OIG — Office of the Inspector General
• RFP — Right Frontoposterior
• DL — direct laryngoscopy
• VX — Vertex
• AOPA — Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association Inc.
• CPM — continuous passive movement
• S&P — Syringing and probing
• SHIP — State Health Insurance Assistance Program
• PPHN — persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
• PIIS — Posterior Inferior Iliac Spine
• CAHHS — California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• DISP — Displacement
• FAHM — Fellow, Academy for Healthcare Management
• SCH — Sole Community Hospital
• OPTN — Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
• APMA — American Podiatric Medical Association
• CPFF — Cost Plus Fixed-Fee
• PFJ — Patellofemoral Joint
• SHN — Safer Healthcare Now!
• NABP — National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
• AHRMM — Association for Healthcare Resource Materials Management
• IHC — Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
• COP — Conditions of Participation
• ICF/MR — Intermediate Care Facility for Mental Retardation
• EGHP — Employer Group Health Plan
• NEURO — Neurological
• NHIS — National Health Interview Survey
• LW — Living With
• CPD — Cephalic Pelvic Disproportion
• INO — Inhaled Nitric Oxide
• SNC — Skilled Nursing Care
• CHN — Community Health Network
• LA — local anaesthetic
• CORF — Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• FAD — Focus to axis distance
• NPL — No Perception of Light
• HIM — Health Insurance Manual

• IMI — Infant Mortality Initiative
• EOC — Episode of Care
• CRC — Central Remedial Clinic
• BERT — Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System
• CBR — Cost Based Reimbursement
• PREM — Premature
• NBME — National Board of Medical Examiners
• BHG — Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc.
• MAC — Maximum Allowable Cost
• PARD — Provider Audit and Reimbursement Department
• PCH — Primary Care Hospital
• DOS — Date of Service
• ZF — Zimmer Frame
• PRE OP — Pre operation
• OOSA — Out of Service Area
• SMM — State Medicaid Manual
• EPHI — Electronic Protected Healthcare Information
• PON&V — Post operative nausea & vomiting
• CWFM/IV&V — Common Working File Maintenance / Independent Verification & Validation
• X/7 — Where x = number of days
• FMF — fetal movement felt
• CNSP — Clinical Nurse Specialist
• T2 — Title II of the Social Security Act
• HYDRO — hydrotherapy
• APTD — Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
• PWD — Posterior Wall in Diastole
• B.I.D — Twice daily
• HCDS — Health Care Data Systems
• UD — Ulnar deviation
• CHO — Community Health Organization
• SG — Surgeon General
• CAHE — Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives
• GRADE III — large amplitude movement into resistance
• ALFA — Assisted Living Federation of America
• ACS — Accredited Standards Committee
• NAV — Name and Address Verification
• MICH — Maternal, Infant & Child Health
• ACR — Adjusted Community Rate
• ASL — Alternate side-lying
• BMCHRD — Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development
• UL — Upper Limb
• MRSA — Methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus''
• ADOM/N — Assistant Director of Midwifery/Nursing
• FOSC — Freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center
• DIB — Disability Insurance Beneficiary
• ACH — American College of Healthcare
• IRC — Inpatient Respite Care
• CANDA — Computer Assisted New Drug Application
• MRA — Minimum Retirement Age
• CCLR — Claims Collection Litigation Report

• ASS — Assistance
• CHPC — Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance
• SVT — Supra Ventricular Tachycardia
• COF — Carrier Option File
• ASTS — American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• MAABD — Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind and Disabled
• RRB — Railroad Retirement Board
• MCSC — Medicare Customer Service Center
• MCA — Maternity Center Association
• T10 — Title X of the Social Security Act
• VICP — Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
• RSI — Retirement and Survivors Insurance
• CB — Cost Benefit
• IPL — Independent Physiological Laboratory
• DDS — Disability Determination Services
• LVRS — Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• MS — Mental Status
• TITLE X — Grants to States for aid to the blind
• ABO — Allergic broncho pulmonary
• SNP — Special Needs Plan
• NINDS — National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (National Institutes of Health)
• CHAMPVA — Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Veterans Administration
• FHNH — Fetal Heart not Heard
• EDB — Enrollment Database
• VZIG — Varicella-Zoster Immune Globulin
• HIDAD — HI Daily Actions Dispersion System
• PART B — Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance
• HIFA — Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative
• CREST — CREST syndrome
• AROM — Active Range of Movement
• VEG — Vegetable
• CIP — Claims in Process
• PO — per oral
• SCBU — Special Care Baby Unit
• DF — dorsiflexion
• MBE — Medicaid Budget and Expenditures
• CPO — Care Plan Oversight
• BL — Black Lung
• RCCAC — Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs
• M&M — Medicare and Medicaid
• ICDA — International Classification of Diseases Adapted for the U.S.
• COPC — Community-Oriented Primary Care
• HSR — Hospital Specific Rate
• NSH — National Surgical Healthcare
• VVF — Vesico vaginal fistula
• ADMC — Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage
• AMHPS — Association of Minority Health Professional Schools
• AHP — Accountable Health Plan
• FIG — Fiscal Intermediary Group
• LADA — Left anterior descending artery

• PSPRICE — Physician Fee Schedule System
• LTCM — Long Term Care Management
• EPC — Emergency Protection Coordinators
• BCBSA — Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association
• IUD — intrauterine death
• SN — Staff Nurse
• TAR — Total Ankle Replacement
• CAN — Claim Account Number
• GUM — Genito-Urinary Medicine
• XIV — Title 14 Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
• MDU — Medical Day Unit
• CHFP — Certified Healthcare Financial Professional
• MHB — Maximum Hospital Benefit
• PROX — proximal
• MPCS — Medicare Premium Collection System
• PITS — PRO Information Tracking System
• NDI — National Death Index
• MEDTEP — Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program
• COI — Change of Intermediaries
• NIMBE — Not Including Medicare Benefits Exhausted
• EN — Enteral Nutrition
• SVCO — Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers
• AO.VALVE — Aortic valve
• ECLS — Extracorporeal Life Support
• PV — Per Vagina
• AHPA — American Health Planning Association
• PMMIS — Program Management and Medical Information System
• TITLE XX — State operated home 477 entitlement program
• NACCHO — National Association of County and City Health Officials
• QWDI — Qualified Working Disabled Individuals
• CLAS — Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate Services
• PFFS — Private Fee-For-Service Plan
• IHA — Integrated Healthcare Association
• ABPA — Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis
• BAC — Beneficiary Advisory Committee
• PRS — Prepayment Review System
• NJ — Nasojejunal
• HICDA — Hospital International Classification of Diseases Adapted
• FISS — Fiscal Intermediary Standard System
• NSTEMI — Non ST segment elevated myocardial infarction
• WPWS — Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
• SEPSC — Southeastern Program Service Center
• ASTHO — Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• NHCA — Natural Health Care Alliance
• GHPS — Group Health Processing System
• PLO — Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy
• BCF — Benefit Correction Form
• IRQ — Inner range quadriceps
• NACHRI — National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions

• DCF — Dually Certified Facility
• CTSS — Closed Tracheal Suction System
• SHEP — Survey Of Healthcare Experiences Of Patients
• GHM — Global Healthcare Market
• OCR — Office of Civil Rights
• TTN — transient tachypnoea of the newborn
• MAPD — Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan
• TH — Teaching Hospitals
• SURG — Surgical
• PPSP — Physician's Primary Sponsor Plan
• HCPP — Health Care Prepayment Plan
• MAHA — McKinsey Advanced Healthcare Analytics
• DWA — Disabled Working Aged
• SVES — State Verification and Exchange System
• TITLE IV — Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with children
• CPAS — Claims Processing Assessment System
• HCH — National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• AHCA — American Health Care Association
• MULTIP — Multiparous
• EST.REQ — Estimated requirements
• C OF I — Church of Ireland
• CCRC — Continuum of Care Residential Center
• RISI — Renal Insured Status Indicator
• DNVHC — Det Norske Veritas for Health Care
• ROF — Regional Office Flag
• COTR — Contract Officer's Technical Representative
• BHCG — Beta human chorionic gonadotropins
• MCCA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
• NAG — Natural apophyseal glide
• AHCP — Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals
• MCAC — Medical Coverage Advisory Committee
• PORS — Provider Overpayment Reporting System
• CABLE — Combined A/B Local Eligibility
• FID — Fraud Investigation Database
• NCQA — National Committee for Quality Assurance
• RO — Removal of
• PNCB — Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• RCC — Red Cell Concentrate
• ALC — Alternate Level of Care
• TVS — Transvaginal scan
• COBC — Coordination of Benefits Contractor
• M2 — Square metres body surface
• MIB — Medical Insurance Bureau
• ASCP — American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• FBR — Federal Benefit Rate
• TITLE XXI — State Child Health Programs
• XXI — Title 21 State Child Health Program
• HCI — Health Care Information
• CPM — Clinical Performance Measure
• ESRD PMMIS — ESRD Program Management & Medical Information System

• NACHC — National Association of Community Health Centers
• RTS — Raised Toilet Seat
• HAMS — Hamstrings
• TEDS — Third Party Entitlement Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• M C — Medicare Choice
• CPT — Common Procedural Terminology
• X/12 — Where x = number of months
• EDBW — EDB Workbench
• FLACC — Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability
• HDM — Healthcare Data Management
• SMDA — State Medicaid Directors Association
• MADS — Medicare Actuarial Data System
• F&A — Fraud & Abuse
• MN — Medical Necessity
• UMW — United Mine Workers
• PPG — Primary Care Physician Groups
• MFCU — Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
• TUAG — Timed up and go test
• UC — Urinary Catheter
• MHS — Medical History Sample
• PCRS — Performance Control Reporting System
• HCO — Health care organizations
• MR — Medical Review
• CLIA — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
• RCT — Registered Care Technologist
• MEDB — Medicare Part B
• EOIS — Enrollment Online Inquiry System
• HSA — Health Services Administration
• NADSA — National Adult Day Services Association, Inc
• DBE — Deep breathing exercises
• POR — Provider Overpayment Report
• PHACO — Phacoemulsification
• HPC — Health Care Professional
• EMB — Eligible Medicare Beneficiary
• BGN — Beneficiary Given Name
• RPN — Registered Psychiatric Nurse
• NDMS — National Disaster Medical System
• TEDS — Thrombo-embolic deterrent stockings
• PIHP — Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan
• BRI — Benefit Rate Increase
• CHAPS — Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey
• CMD — Carrier Medical Director
• UHIN — Utah Health Information Network
• NAMCP — National Association of Managed Care Physicians
• SCIC — Significant Change in Condition
• ACP — American College of Physicians
• LPC — Locality Prevailing Charge
• ECS — Extended Care Services
• ATRA — American Therapeutic Recreation Association
• NCGME — National Council on Graduate Medical Education

• BBRA — Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
• HRET — Hospital Research and Educational Trust
• HART — HCFA Accounting Records Tracking System
• CES — Credential Evaluation Service
• CHDR — Center for Health Dispute Resolution
• BESS — Part B Extract & Summary System
• ONC — ONCology
• TPBLAST — Third Party Buyin Liability Accretions for Screening and Taping
• CQAS — Carrier Quality Assurance System
• RNT — Registered Nurse Tutor
• ASTHO — Association of State and Territorial Health Offices
• NRM — Notice of Rule Making
• MTSO — Medical Transcription Service Organization
• NCPSSM — National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
• ASL — Ankylosing Spondylitis Lung
• PPLS — Policy Planning Liaison Staff
• HSI — Health Systems International
• PCPR — Provider Claims Processing Requirements
• OMCH — Office of Maternal and Child health
• CBSR — Cost Benefit Savings Report
• NP/PA — Nurse Practitioners / Physician Assistants
• AVERT — AntiVirus Emergency Response Team
• PCCM — Primary Care Case Management
• 9HPT — Nine hole peg test
• ALIF — Anterior lumbar intervertebral fusion
• PPRMS — Physician Payment Review Monitoring System
• FEES — Fibreoptic endoscopic examination of the swallow
• BITS — Beneficiary Information Tracking System
• CAST — Carrier Alpha State Tape
• SEV DP — Severely Disabled Person
• PEP — Partial Episode Payment
• Q.I.D — Four times daily
• MBCSP — Medicare Beneficiary Customer Service Program
• PROM — Protocol for Regional Office Monitoring
• PROMPTS — Peer Review Organization Monitoring Protocol & Tracking System
• CPM/EIS — Contractor Performance Management / Enterprise Information System
• ESWL — External Shock Wave Lithotripsy
• WHSS — World Healthcare Students Symposium
• MMC — Medicaid Managed Care
• CPAP — Common Provider Audit Program
• FHP — Family Health Plan
• ROUG — Regional Office Users Group
• ANT.TIBS — Anterior tibialis
• GHR — General Healthcare Resources
• DA&A — Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
• BMACS — Part B Medicare Automated Claims Systems
• GTN — Glyceryl Tri-Nitrate
• CED — Committee for Employees with Disabilities
• HCBD — Health Care and Benefits Division
• HIB — Health Insurance Benefits

• GF — Gluten Free
• PBC — Premium Billing Code
• HPMS — Health Plan Management System
• HICAN — Health Insurance Claim Account Number
• HPN — Healthcare Purchasing News
• PVL — Periventricular Leucomalacia
• ISN — Integrated Service Network
• HISS — Health Insurance Segmented Sort System
• WTH — West Tennessee Healthcare's
• CP — Claims Processing
• IVF — In Vitro Fertilisation
• FAC — Freestanding Ambulatory Care
• MMPS — Medicare Mortality Predictor System
• IBN — Incorrect Bill Notice
• AVSD — Atrioventricular Septal Defect
• APS — Approved Provider Standard
• FEC — Freestanding Emergency Center
• PUDI — Prior Unqualifing Disabled Indicator
• HICPAC — Healthcare Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee
• PRES — Policy Review and Evaluation Staff
• BIF — Beneficiary Insurance File
• POST OP — Post operation
• CMD — Contractor Medical Directors
• I.E — that is
• IPS — Institutional Provider of Service
• IOL — Induction of Labour
• NAHDO — National Association of Health Data Organizations
• CRLE — Cost Reimbursement Level of Effort
• FHHR — Fetal Heart Heard and Regular
• EFC — Exclusions From Coverage
• YPH — Young Professionals in Healthcare
• EHC — Effective Health Care
• ISC — Intermittent Self-Catheterisation
• EIB — Employer Insured Beneficiary
• CS — Claims Services
• TR — Tricuspid Regurgitation
• INFO — Information Network and File Organization
• ASCPT — American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• IDWG — Intradialytic weight gain
• RSP — Right Sacroposterior
• HISI — Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzers
• SAHD — Staff Assisted Home Dialysis
• BBRA — Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113)
• ROAM — ROAR Master
• MC — Metacarpal
• CASF — Carrier Alphabetic State File
• GPPP — Group Practice Prepayment Plan
• NAPHS — National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
• ROM — Range of Movement

• LTCP — Long Term Care Program
• TMD — Thyromental Distance
• CHI — Catastrophic Health Insurance
• HPO — Healthcare Pricing Office
• IER — Intermediary Expenditure Report
• CPHA — Commission on Professional Hospital Activities
• CHTS — Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist
• MSP — Medicare Secondary Payor
• IHP — Individualized Healthcare Plans
• HMO/CMP — HMO Competitive Medical Plan
• CHHC — Continuous Home Health Care
• NHII — National Health Information Infrastructure
• IP/SNF — Inpatient SNF
• MEDS — Medication and Eligibility Delivery Solution
• MUA — Manipulation Under Anaesthetic
• HCT — haematocrit
• T18 — Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
• MCOB — Medicare Contractor Oversight Board
• DWB — Disabled Widow's Benefits
• LTE — Less Than Effective
• CWFM — Common Working File Maintenance
• SNR — Senior National Representative
• CLIA — Clinical Laboratory Interstate Act
• BEAM — Brain Electrical Activity Mapping
• HV — Home Visit
• HCQIP — Health Care Quality Improvement Program
• EAB — Enumeration at Birth
• LGT — Ligament
• EP STUDIES — Electrophysiological Studies
• MEDS — Medication Education Designed for Seniors
• APD — Automated Peritoneal Dialysis
• LOL — Left occipito-lateral
• LTS — Lateral tarsal strip
• HNA — Healthcare Networks of America
• EPSDT — Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment Program
• CAVD — Complete atrioventricular block
• IBR — Intermediary Benefit Payment
• ADG-HOSDOM — Ambulatory Diagnostic Group Hospital Dominant
• AHFSA — Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies
• ALK.PHOS — Alkaline Phosphatase
• PSRB — Performance Standards Review Board
• APA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• INRA — Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989
• ACH — After coming head
• RAPS — Resident Assessment Protocol System
• AHCP — American Health Care Professionals
• CCA — Catastrophic Coverage Act
• UNEDIFACT — United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport
• AFHHA — American Federation of Home Health Agencies
• NPF — National Provider File

• SMURF — State Medicaid Uniform Research File
• PRAF — Physician Reviewer Assignment Format
• ACRP — Adjusted Community Rate Proposal
• LMRP — Local Medical Review Policy
• MAAC — Maximum Allowable Actual Charge
• HELLP — haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets
• ICHE — Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education
• MI — Medical Insurance
• RSO — right salpingo-oophorectomy
• CRG — Carrier Representative Group
• AUSCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• BITS — Beneficiary Inquiry Tracking System
• BHA — Business Healthcare Association
• PTAC — Premium Target Advisory Commission
• AHCP — America's Health Care Plans
• QUADS — quadriceps
• PCP — Primary Care Paramedic
• MDC — Medicare Data Center
• ACTG — AIDS Clinical Trials Group
• TTDS — Third Party Termination Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance
• SNCRIS — Skilled Nursing Cost Reporting Information System
• NHELP — National Health Law Program
• SSA — State Survey Agency
• HCRIS — Healthcare Provider Cost Report Information System
• NULLIP — nulliparous
• LATCH — Local Access to Coordinated Healthcare
• NCHD — Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor
• AP4 — Apical 4 chamber
• IPAC — Immunization Practice Advisory Committee
• ACPV — Average Cost Per Visit
• HC — Health Care
• PHP — Prepaid Health Plans
• PART A — Medicare Hospital Insurance
• NHIP — National Healthcare Insurance Program
• VFU — Videofluoroscopy
• LTCIAC — Long Term Care Insurance Advisory Council
• HMB — Hospital Market Basket
• AD — Admitting Diagnosis
• SHI — Supplemental Health Insurance
• PORT — Patient Outcome Research Team
• SLIMB — Specified LowIncome Medicare Beneficiary
• PEB — Performance Evaluation Board
• PSC — Program Service Center (Social Security Administration)
• HDSS — Hospital Data Support System
• T4 — Title IV of the Social Security Act
• CDRG — Children's Diagnosis Related Groups
• PWS — Posterior wall in systole
• HRG — Health Research Group
• HQ — HI Query Operations
• LRH — Lake Region Healthcare

• CPFA — Cost Plus Fee Award
• MCSS — Medicare Contractor Standard System
• MQA — Medicare Quality Assurance
• AWCH — Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare
• ESCH — East Sussex County Healthcare
• MMCS — Medicare Managed Care System
• CPT — Claims Processing Timeliness
• LCT — long chain triglyceride emulsion
• AC — Actual Charge
• IMRP — Instruction Manual for Renal Providers
• HCO — Healthcare Community Online
• UPPP — Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
• ASL — Average Speech Level
• RPBC — Rejected Provider Bill Control
• CMRI — California Medical Review, Inc.
• NHO — National Hospice Organization
• HCAI — Health Care Associated Infection
• SCIP — Statewide Centre for Improvement of Palliative Care
• HB — Haemoglobin
• SMI — Supplementary Medical Insurance
• HSB — Healthcare Systems Bureau
• OHMS — Occupational Healthcare Management Services
• HIO — Health Insurance Organization
• TPO — Treatment, Payment, Operations
• HDM — Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies
• HTA — Healthcare Trust of America
• HDI — Health Data Institute
• HEMA — Healthcare Employees Mid Atlantic
• CSPINE — Cervical spine
• EUA — Examination Under Anaesthetic
• MSAT — Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team
• HMWHIM — Health Insurance Master Weekly Health Insurance Merge
• BPC — Base Period Charge
• IOP — Intra Ocular Pressure
• SNIP — Strategic National Implementation Process
• CORC — Carrier of Record Control
• GLUT.MED — gluteus medius
• ROSTAR — Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement
• EFTS — Electronic File Transfer System
• PAC — Products of Ambulatory Care
• HT — Transmitter Height
• EDG — Emergency Department Group
• HTG — Healthcare Transformation Group
• LCER — Limiting Charge Exception Report
• CIADV — Carrier/Intermediary Advance Notice
• SNCT — Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold
• ISTP — Intermediary System Testing Program
• IHA — Institute for Healthcare Advancement
• CAQH — Coalition for Affordable Quality Healthcare
• GRBAS — grade roughness breathiness asthenic strain

• CHM — Christian Healthcare Ministries
• SMRF — State Medicaid Research Files
• NHB — National Health Board
• MTAG — Medicare Technical Advisory Group
• LARPA — Locality Area Reduced Prevailing Allowance
• FIX — Factor nine
• MBA — Monthly Benefit Amount
• HASA — Healthcare Access San Antonio
• RMA — Refugee Medical Assistance
• MFS — Medicare Fee Schedule
• CAPS — Claims Automated Processing System
• HCR — Health Care Reform
• HBP — Hospital-Based Physician
• MMK — Marshall Marchetti Krantz
• RSDI — Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance
• GINA — Global INitiative for Asthma
• RHCC — Rural Health Care Corporation
• FCHC — Falls Church Healthcare Center
• GUIDE — genito urinary and Infection Disease Clinic
• PCE — Personal Care Expenditures
• DOES — Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance
• SASH — Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
• FAC — Freestanding Ambulatory Center
• NHAC — National Health Advisory Committee
• PKB — Prone Knee Bend
• ICCP — Individual Community Care Plan
• CTC — Certified Transplant Center
• ALT — Average Length of Treatment
• ROS — Removal of Sutures
• MSPQA — Medicare Secondary Payer Quality Assurance
• BUTE — Beneficiary Database Update Transaction System
• PHYSIO — Physiotherapy
• NIAID — National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases
• ABD — Aged, Blind & Disabled
• EHNAC — Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission
• APHP — Applied as Hospital Insurance Premiums
• FHHS — Florida Hospital HealthCare System
• SWD — Shortwave diathermy
• TSG — The Surgeon General
• MBCS — Medicare Budget and Cost System
• CLT — Certified Lab Technician
• GZF — gutter zimmer frame
• MPFSDB — Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base
• SL — Sensory Level
• CHIP — Child Health Insurance Program
• DHWHIM — Daily Health Insurance Master Health Insurance Merge
• RASC — Regional Administrative Support Center
• HPSA — Health Professional Shortage Area
• EVLT — endovenous laser therapy
• HIQA — Health Insurance Query Access

• HCAC — Health Care Accreditation Council
• CMSP — Clinical Midwife Specialist
• NIMMS — National Integrated Medicaid Management System
• ECRD — Early Complaint Resolution Process
• RMFA — Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert
• NARA — National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies
• HSC — Health Services Command
• DHMS — Defense Healthcare Management Systems
• HSG — Healthcare Solutions Group
• AGPAM — American Guild of Patient Account Managers
• FCW — Freedom of Choice Waiver
• CHCE — Center on Health Care Effectiveness
• CMH — Citizens Memorial Healthcare
• ACHA — American College of Healthcare Architects
• MEDPARD — Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory
• HSP — Hospital Specific Portion
• CHHA — Certified Home Health Agency
• ENC — enclosed
• HL — Hodgkin's lymphoma
• MUFA — Mono unsaturated fatty acids
• CJRAT — Cubin Jackson risk assessment tool
• SM — Staff Midwife
• PCAS — Patient Care Algorithm
• SICE — Social Insurance Claims Examiner
• PHCP — Prepaid Health Care Plan
• CAHSA — California Association of Home Services for the Aged
• OIC — Opportunity to Improve Care
• UFH — United Family Healthcare
• PFF — Physician Fee Freeze
• HPP — Healthcare Performance Partners
• MDSS — Medicare Decision Support System
• NHC — HealthCare Cookeville
• GLUTS — gluteal
• HITCH — Healthcare Interoperability Testing and Conformance Harmonisation
• OASDHI — Old Age Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program
• FQHC — Federally Qualified Health Center
• TOPS — Transitional Outpatient Payments System
• HAEM — Haematology
• O — Degrees
• ROPES — Regional Office Performance Evaluation System
• SAH — Society for the Arts in Healthcare
• DESC.AO — Descending aorta
• HRA — health risk appraisal tools
• BIPA — Benefits, Improvements & Protection Act of 2000
• AHP — Alternative Health Plans
• SHEA — Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• HCTP — Health Consumer Training Program
• CKMB — Creatine kinase isoenzyme
• LY — Lying
• HCAI — Health Care Acquired Infection

• HCQII — Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative
• MIG — Medicare Insured Group
• NCHC — North Central Health Care
• OCD — Operational Capability Demonstration
• SEP — Special Enrollment Period
• DSTU — Draft Standard for Trial Use
• MADRS — Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System
• POT — Plan of Treatment
• APHP — Acute Partial Hospitalization Program
• UMO — Utilization Management Organization
• CPD — Competitive Pricing Demonstration
• IAH — Integration Adapter for Healthcare
• TPAO — Third Party Annotation Operation
• NTH — NonTransplant Hospital
• SV — Self-ventilating
• ALBN — Amount of Last Billing Notice
• EMIA — Educators Mutual Insurance Association
• MUAS — Medically Underserved Areas
• NASMD — National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• NETT — National Emphysema Treatment Trial
• SOBAR — Shortness of breath at rest
• HHL — Home Health Line
• PIPC — Public Information Program Circular
• CORTS — Calculation of Overpayment Recovery Timeliness System
• MAH — Most Accessible Hospital
• HDRIM — Health Insurance Retrieve Inactive Master System
• CSTP — Carrier System Testing Project
• EPL — Extensor Pollicus Longus
• MIDES — Medicare Internal Data Entry System
• HPARB — Health Professions Appeal and Review Board
• AI — Aortic Incompetence
• RUNT — RRB Universal RIC
• MAC — Major Ambulatory Category
• MCAB — Medicare Contractor Administrative Budget
• RHC — Rural Health Clinic
• HIN — Healthcare Intelligence Network
• HMA — Healthcare Management Administrators
• AFEHCT — American Federation of Electronic Health Care Transactions
• DRVS — Dietary Reference Values
• MCDC — Medicare Contractor Data Center
• MIP — Medicare Integrity Program
• ASR — Atrial Septal Resection
• SBBE — Small bowel barium enema
• LVDV — left ventricular diastolic volume
• NARF — National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
• IBPR — Intermediary Benefit Payment Report
• PEPPER — Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program
• OP — Outpatient Psychiatry
• EDBS — Enrollment and Direct Billing System
• TSPINE — Thoracic spine

• MED — Medial
• EOM — External ocular movements
• GAHP — Global Alternative Healthcare Project
• MMAP — Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program
• AAHC — Almondumah Almowahadah Health Care
• CIH — Center for Integrated Healthcare
• HIRTF — Health Insurance Reform Task Force
• MAPC — Maximum Allowable Prevailing Charge
• ROP — Right Occipito-Posterior
• LL — lower limb
• EDPO — EDB Printout
• ADP — Advance Planning Document
• HIDA — Health Insurance Distributor's Association
• ISHP — Individualized School Healthcare Plan
• FDOEH — First Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance
• SWH — South West Healthcare
• DMEFS — Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule
• MRAR — Medical Review Annual Report
• HIURPS — Health Insurance Utilization Records Processing System
• LROT — Left rotation
• TPPC — Third Party Premium Collection
• IVH — intraventricular haemorrhage
• MFSDB — Medicare Fee Schedule Database
• SHIP — Supplemental Health Insurance Plan
• GLUT.MIN — gluteus minimus
• PRMDS — Provider Minimum Data Set
• NCQHC — National Committee for Quality Health Care
• LIL — Limitation of Liability
• MEF — Master Earnings File
• BHT — Bucket handle tear
• CNH — community nursing home
• PORS — Provider Overpayment Recovery System
• AHP — Accountable Health Partnership
• BIW — Beneficiary Inquiries Workgroup
• NCIHC — National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
• NARD — National Association of Retail Druggists
• CHER — Center of Health Economics Research
• AIH — Assistance in Healthcare
• DOPHN — Director of Public Health Nursing
• SMD — Submucosal diathermy
• KPS — Keratic Precipitates
• ERISA — Employee Retirement Income and Security Act
• CE-DAT — Complex Emergency Database
• UHE — Utah Healthcare Executives
• BDOD — Beneficiary Date of Death
• HCO — Health Care Options
• BOME — Bureau of Medical Examiners
• ACT — Airway Clearance Technique
• PFCRA — Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
• SHPDA — State Health Planning and Development Agency

• CHAI — Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspections
• MCDATA — MedicareMedicaid Common Data Initiative
• IHF — Irish Heart Foundation
• LARPA — Locality Adjusted Reduced Prevailing Amount
• CBSS — Customer Billing Services System
• EH — Emergency Hospital
• PHHH — PostHospital Home Health
• BP — Benefit Period
• MECA — Medicare Expanded Choice Act of 1987
• CCHCC — Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care
• MEDAL — Medicare Eligibility Data Linkage
• MRCRA — Medicare Regulatory & Contractor Reform Act of 2001
• IVSS — Interventricular wall in systole
• HSG — Healthcare Services Group
• NCVHS — National Center for Vital and Health Statistics
• HIC — Health Insurance Company
• IMD — Institution for Mental Disease
• GHAP — Global Healthcare Applications Project
• SHN — State Health Notes
• CWO — Community Welfare Officer
• TPG — Third Party Groups
• RDF — Renal Dialysis Facility
• CPT-4 — Current Procedural Terminology, Forth edition
• POC — Patterns of Care
• IRP — Insurance Reimbursement Program
• CVVHDF — continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration
• MCBS — Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
• HIQR — Health Insurance Online Query Response
• REMAS — Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System
• HP — HI Payment Records Operations
• DOE — Date Of Entitlement
• YRBSS — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• POCI — Physician Ownership/Compensation Interest
• NAMI — National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc.
• HPPC — Health Plan Purchasing Cooperative
• IAS — Interatrial Septum
• HAMB — HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch
• SBRS — SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE
• MAF — Medical Assistance Facility
• MDS — Medicare Decision Support
• QUIC — Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
• ADR — Automated Desk Review
• DM&S — Department of Medicine & Surgery
• SSP — Strategic Systems Platform
• VEPS — Visual evoked potentials
• CHAIN — Chain Provider Director System
• HDS — Healthcare Data Solutions
• BI DIRG — Bidirectional glenn
• NPRM — National Provider Reimbursement Manual
• BLASER — Black Lung Automated Search & Edit Routine

• GUR — genito-ureteric reflux
• RHCD — Rural Health Care Division USAC)
• BMA — BioMedical Applications
• DOC — Days of Care
• HCCS — healthcare Coding & Consulting Services
• MHCC — Maryland Health Care Commission
• ROAR — Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System
• BSS — Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey
• MCI — Medicare Claims Inquiry
• MCWG — Managed Care Working Group
• CHCC — Christian Health Care Center
• MPRS — Medical Policy Retrieval System
• HDLC — HighLevel Data Link Control
• MBAS — Medicare Benefit Accounting System
• MEDSTAT — Medicaid Statistical Information System
• HHMM — Healthcare Hazard Management Monitor
• PDS — Peer Data System
• RE.-ED — Re-educate
• SHINE — Serving Health Information Needs of Elders
• NCPDP — National Council of Prescription Drug Programs
• ONC — Oncology Nurse Certified
• MARS — Medicare Accounts Receivable System
• VVS — Varicose Veins
• RAN — Rural Area Computer Network
• NVAC — National Vaccine Advisory Committee
• PPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• BCB — Beneficiary Confidentiality Board
• CHCC — Center for Hospital & Community Care
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992
• PACS — Patient Care and Services
• NNWP — Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy
• FDP — Fibrin Degredation Products
• CDOC — Covered Days of Care
• VNA — Visiting Nurses Association
• PEPP — Payment Error Prevention Program
• CPA — Cost Plus Award
• PEBS — Personal Earnings & Benefit Statement
• SIMV — Synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation
• BIMF — Beneficiary Inactive Master File
• TPF — Third Party File
• WHCRA — Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act
• DHX — Diet history
• MAA — Memorandum of Advance Agreement
• QHO — Quality Healthcare Options
• SCIDS — Severe combined immune deficiency syndrome
• HFOV — High Frequency Oscillator Ventilator
• CCHP — Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
• IRS — Identical, Related and Similar
• ALR — Anterior levator resection
• NCHC — National Coalition on Health Care

• PEC.MAJOR — Pectoralis major
• RHC — Rural Health Care
• SHIP — Senior Health Insurance Program
• CMM — Clinical Midwife Manager
• AP2 — Apical 2 chamber
• HIMA — Health Insurance Master
• PDPH — postdural puncture headaches
• BHCS — Baylor Health Care System
• EDEES — ESRD Data Entry and Editing System
• SBR — Serum bilirubin rate
• MCM — Medicare Carrier Manual
• POL — physician office laboratories
• RA — Regional Administrator
• HCCA — Health Care Commuting Area
• CPS — Critical Payment System
• PAYERID — Payer Identification
• MHW — Molina Healthcare of Washington
• T1 — Title I of the Social Security Act
• MAPSA — Medicare A Provider Services Assistants
• SSB — Social Security Board
• OASB — Old Age and Survivors Benefits
• SAEP — State Agency Evaluation Plan
• MQIS — Medicare Quality Indicator System
• PHIP — Pharmacist's Incentive Program
• PUJ — Pelvic-ureteric junction
• ICA — Insurance Counseling Assistance
• HAVEN — Home Assessment Validation and Entry System
• ORSI — Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance
• HHQIS — Home Health Quality Indicator System
• PHEC — PostHospital Extended Care
• PRPD — Payment Reform Policy Development
• MOR — Medicaid Overpayment Report
• MADC — Major Ambulatory Diagnostic Categories
• MFAIC — Medicare Fraud and Abuse Information Coordinator
• LAT.WALL — Lateral wall
• PCYA — Presidential Classroom for Young Americans
• RHC — Rural Health Claim
• CMHS — Continuous Medical History Sample
• MICRO — Microbiology
• RCJ — Radio-carpal joint
• HUS — Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
• THD — Total Hospice Days
• WBC — Whole blood count
• HDHIDAD — HD Health Insurance Daily Actions Dispersion System
• SELF — Secretary's Executive Leadership Forum
• TRPBETA — Third Party BuyIn Exceptions for TP Agencies
• NOMCI — Notice of Medigap Claim Information
• KUB — kidneys, ureters and bladder
• MEDS — Medication Education for Drug Safety
• HCPC — HCFA Common Procedure Code

• OPA — Organ Procurement Agency
• AG — abdominal girth
• BBA — Born before admission
• PREMED — Premedication
• NMEP — National Medicare Education Program
• PSO — Provider Sponsored Organization
• NIEL — Not in established labour
• MPF — Master Provider File
• FA — Field Audit
• CS — Caesarean Section
• HHSAR — Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation
• GRECC — Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center
• CB — Consolidated Billing
• AWHA — Academy Women's Healthcare Associates
• BQAS — Part B Quality Assurance System
• MCPJ — Metacarpophalangeal Joint
• SSARA — SSA Reform Act of 1994
• MDR TB — Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
• RMRP — Regional Medical Review Policy
• MQGE — Medicare Qualified Government Employee
• BISC — Benefit Integrity Support Center
• PSF — Provider Specific File
• VS — Volume Support
• HIDUP — HI Duplicate Payments Systems
• TBL — Total blood loss
• MSA — Medical Statistical Area
• HIE — hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
• BNA — borderline nuclear abnormality
• CPDA — Current Premium Due Amount
• IHT — International Health Technologies
• UNIBILL — Uniform Bill (Intermediary Submitted Files of Processed Medicare Provider Bills)
• LSA — left sacro-anterior
• HSSP — Healthcare Services Specification Project
• ASHRM — American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
• P/B — Provider / Beneficiary
• IC — Initial Claims Operations
• TOF — Tracheoesophageal fistula
• MEDIBAPS — Medicare Budget Allocation Process System
• HIW — Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
• FWA — Fraud, Waste & Abuse
• UHP — Unbundling of Hospital Payment
• MEDICAID — Medical Aid
• UST — ultrasound therapy
• OGC — Office of the General Council
• HIRAM — Health Insurance Reinstating Alphabetic Master
• DQSC — Data Quality Steering Committee
• PFFS — Private Fee-For-Service
• HRSA — Health Resources & Services Administration
• PHY/SUP — Physician/Supplier
• FIPH — Fellow International Public Health

• PEBTAG — Provider Electronic Billing Technical Advisory Group
• CCS — Community Care Setting
• PTTK — Partial thromboplastin time kaolin
• DCP — Department of Carrier Procedures
• RHP — Rebundling of Hospital Payment
• HSRA — Health Resources & Services Administration
• CFAM — Cerebral function amplitude
• MHA — Master of Healthcare Administrator
• MPIER — Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility Registry
• HDHIDUP — HD Health Insurance Daily Update Program
• CABBS — Carrier Bulletin Board System
• MIH — Maternal & Infant Health Initiative
• CQMR — Carrier Quarterly Medical Review
• CO — Complaining of
• MFIS — Medicare Fraud Information Specialist
• VPAC — Variable Premium Amount Collectable
• HIMP — Healthcare Industry Management Program
• HDMEDMRG — HD Medicaid Merge Program
• MPR — Master Procedure Record
• ICD-9-CM — In-ternational Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification
• PAC — PreAdmission Certification
• IHE — Integrating The Healthcare Enterprise
• AICC — Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex
• IHO — Institute for Healthcare Optimization
• BDP — Beneficiary Database Prototype
• CELIP — Claim Expansion and Line Item Processing
• FCCBC — Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer
• HCC — The Healthcare Center For Children
• MDH — Medicare-Dependent Hospital
• AVGS — Ambulatory Visit Groups
• CANC — Combined Antenatal care
• PBP — Provider Based Physician
• NCCR — National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
• CHBI — Commission on Health Benefits and Integration
• CAHPS — Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey
• CHCL — Center for Health Care Law
• SUBC — State Uniform Billing Committee
• CDI — Catastrophic Drug Insurance
• MCE(S) — Medical Care Evaluation (Studies)
• MSC — Medicare Status Code
• PRM — Provider Reimbursement Manual
• CARE — Center for Analytical Review and Education
• APH — Ante Partum Haemorrhage
• OAA — Older Americans Act
• PIDS — People or Individual with Disabilities
• HIC — Health Information Center
• TDOC — Total Days of Care
• ANCHR — Access to the NCH Repository
• HDPRENT — HD Prior Entitlement Program
• LSF — Left Side Flexion

• PSRO — Physician Service Review Organization
• ASH — Assistant Secretary for Health
• POR — Provider Overpayment Recovery
• THCA — Texas Health Care Association
• HWI — Hospital Wage Index
• PRRB — Provider Reimbursement Review Board
• HEALTH — Help Efficient Accessible Lowcost Timely Healthcare
• NMUD — National Medicare Utilization Database
• CWFMC — Common Working File Maintenance Contractor
• PHPO — Prepaid Health Plan Option
• HCRN — Healthcare record number
• HIUM — Health Insurance Utilization Master
• HLM — HCFA Logical Model
• RR — respiratory
• EP — Enrollment Period
• HCIRC — Health Care Information Resource Center
• PHC — Plant Health Care Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• CHRT — Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation
• ERNIE — EDB Enrollment Retrieval New Interactive Edit System
• CWFB — Common Working File Part B
• WR — Ward Round
• MSPLS — Medicare Secondary Payer Litigation Support
• ATNR — Assymetric tonic neck reflex
• HAS — Hospital Annual Survey
• PPR — Prospective Payment Review
• SPECTRUM — State Performance Evaluation and Comprehensive Test of Reimbursement Under Medicaid
• HECHICN — HE Health Insurance Enrollment Cards Operation
• HSRP — Healthcare Service Relations Profile
• POS — Patient Opinion Survey
• OBJ — Objective
• JHAH — Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
• NHI — Nursing Home Information
• HHQI — Home Health Quality Initiative
• RVDV — Right ventricle diastolic volume
• MHOS — Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
• PWH — Professional Women in Healthcare
• PUL.V — Pulmonary veins
• MCE — Medicare Code Editor
• GEB — General Enrollment Beneficiaries
• HIN — Health Insurance Networks
• UCHD — User-centred healthcare design
• CMCJ — Carpal metacarpal joint
• NASLTCOP — National Association of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
• LTCU — Long Term Care Unit
• PHIC — Partnership for Health Insurance Counseling
• MIM — Medicare Intermediary Manual
• RRC — Rural Referral Centers
• VISION — Vital Information System to Improve Outcomes in Nephrology
• OCC — Occasionally Connected Computing
• MRI — Medical Records Institute

• MCCB — Medicare Change Control Board
• NCOA — National Council on the Aging
• LS RATIO — Leichithin/Sphyngomyelin ratio
• MQC — Medicaid Quality Control
• APHSA — American Public Human Services Association
• MAA — Medical Assistance Agency
• SCH — Sole Community Hospitals
• MARI — Medicare Administrative Reform Initiatives
• HCFA — Health Care Finance and Administration
• VHA — Victorian Healthcare Association
• EIH — Excellence and Innovation in Healthcare
• MMP — Mixed Model Plan
• CHC — Centre for Health Care
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center
• INT.ROT — Internal rotation
• ASR — Articular Surface Replacement
• HITS — heparin induced thrombocytopenia syndrome
• SHIP — Supplemental Health Insurance Programs
• LTP — Lifetime Psychiatric Days
• LRH — Littleton Regional Healthcare
• QI — Qualifying Individual
• DEASK — Descemet's stripping endothelial automated keratoplasty
• PHCN — Preferred Health Care Network
• ISHP — Independent Sector Healthcare Providers
• TRACE — Third Party Recovery Audit Coordinated Effort
• ECCH — East Coast Community Healthcare
• MAN — Medicare Automated Network
• SMART — System for MSP Automated Recovery and Tracking
• SHC — Select 477
• NCCLS — National Council of Clinical Laboratory Services
• NIF — National Insurance File
• ECP — Electronic Claims Processing System
• RPO — Regional Personnel Officer
• CBT — cognitive behaviour therapy
• VRA — Veteran's Readjustment Appointment
• ODL — Outpatient Diagnostic Laboratory
• XX — Title 20 State operated home hea lth care entitlement program
• NCA — National Coverage Analysis
• REBUS — Renal Beneficiary and Utilization System
• PEW — PRO Efficiency Workgroup
• MSOM — Modernized Systems Operations Manual
• MSC — Message Switching Centers
• HAPPI — Health Assistance Program for Personnel and Industry
• TPPG — Third Party Private Group
• NVP — National Vaccine Program
• BSRS — Benefit Savings Reporting System
• SNPS — Special Needs Plans
• AMCRA — American Medical Care and Review Association
• VHI — Voluntary Health Insurance
• MLB — Micro laryngeal bronchoscopy

• PAC — Patient Assessment Computerized
• CWFHPEP — Common Working File Host Performance Evaluation Program
• MCPI — Medical Care Component of the Consumer Price Index
• CHCE — Center for Health Care Evaluation
• NHDAC — National Health Data Advisory Council
• HIBRR — Health Insurance Benefits Rights & Responsibilities
• DC — Diagnostic Code
• PPO — Participating Provider Organization
• NODMAR — Notice of Discharge & Medicare Appeal Rights
• MDS — Mortality Data System
• STJ — Sub-talor joint
• ND — Naso duodenal
• MEDIRS — Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System
• UNCEFACT — United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce, and Transport
• ICN — Intermediary Control Number
• CCU — Cost Containment Unit
• RAD — Respiratory Assist Device
• SLT — Speech and Language Therapy
• MHIP — Medicare Hospital Information Project
• HSA — Health Systems Agencies
• AFHC — Archer Family Health Care
• GLUT.MAX — gluteus maximus
• PC — Presenting complaint
• HPHC — High protein high calorie
• FIQAS — Fiscal Intermediary Quality Assurance System
• REACH — Research Education And Access To Charitable Healthcare
• HCRP — Health Care Reform Panel
• HBB — Hand Behind Back
• CCDC — Consultants in Communicable Disease Control
• CASE — Computer Assisted Systems Engineering
• CCO — Claims Collection Officer
• OMR — Optical Mark Reading
• PSA — Prostatic specific antigen
• MR — mortality ratio
• HHSSA — Home Health Services and Staffing Association
• BHCU — Basic Health Care Unit
• MSSC — Medicare Systems / State & County
• CPM — Committee on Performance Measurement
• HHC — human health care
• CWFA — Common Working File Part A
• NTRS — National Therapeutic Recreation Society
• PIA — Primary Insured Amount
• HCG — Health Care Group
• PASARR — Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review
• PHDDS — Pro Hospital Discharge Data Set
• PACE — Planning, Assigning, Controlling & Evaluating System
• MSPFQA — Medicare Secondary Payer Functional Quality Assurance
• HIC — Health Insurance Claim
• HCBP — Health Care Benefit Packages
• RFI — Recurrence-free Interval

• MCCRA — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989
• NEB — Nebuliser
• HURA — Health Underserved Rural Area
• IDH — Institute of Digital Healthcare
• CDC — Cardiac Diagnostic Center
• HOL — HCFA OnLine
• ORF — Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• MSHIP — Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Programs
• LSL — Left sacro-lateral
• MIH — Mobile Integrated Healthcare
• EDBCRP — EDB Common Rules Processor
• NAIT — National Alliance for Infusion Therapy
• PIMR — Program Integrity Management Reporting
• TRIGS — Triglycerides
• SIC — Self-intermittent catheterisation
• AO — Aorta
• OMESP — Omnibus Medicare Enrollment System Processor
• SDO — Servicing District Office
• PCCMP — Primary Care Case Management Provider
• IMC — International Medical Center
• CBA — Cost/Benefit Analysis
• PSAF — Physician/Supplier Action File
• NOPA — Northwest Organ Procurement Agency
• CHICO — Combined Health Insurance and Checkwriting Operations
• EL — Endo laser
• EPESE — Established Populations for Epidemic Logic Studies for the Elderly
• SAHA — Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance
• SOB — Statement of Benefits
• PORTS — Patient Outcome Research Teams
• BITF — Beneficiary Implementation Task Force
• PHCE — Personal Health Care Expenditures
• OMRA — Other Medicare Required Assessment (US DHHS)
• JURIS — RRB Jurisdiction Change Operation
• OASI — Old Age & Survivors Insurance
• CNPB — Clean NonPIP Bills
• CCN — Correspondence Control Number
• OFB — Outpatient Feedback
• LTD — Live Test Demonstration
• MUPS — Medically Underserved Populations
• LAT.ROT — Lateral rotation
• AST — Aspartate amino transferase
• FNAB — Fine needle aspirate biopsy
• MDRI — Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative
• GHEG — German Healthcare Export Group
• FHEA — Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
• PPO — peak pepsin output
• CT — computerised tomography
• PHOS — Post Hospital Outcome Study
• MRRS — Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System
• RECOUP — Recovery of Unpaid Premiums

• PRA — Per Resident Amount
• PSGH — Policy Standards and Guidelines Handbook
• MCPI — Medicare Contractor Productivity Improvement
• MACE — Medicare Alternate Claim Entry System
• BEST — Beneficiary Eligibility State Tape
• HIMF — Health Insurance Master File
• DME — Director of Medical Education
• DEXA — dual energy x-ray absortiometry
• FVIII — Factor eight
• CARRPR — Carrier Payment Record
• PUP — Provider Update Operation
• EPS — electrophysiology studies
• CWFDOCO — Common Working File Documentation File
• PRA — Percent Reactive Antibody
• TPRP — Third Party Rules Processor
• HSSP — Healthcare Services Specification Program
• MUA — Medically Undeserved Area
• PPC — Processing Payment Cycle
• CHICN — HI Enrollment Cards Operation
• NBCH — National Business Coalition on Health
• HCSSA — Health Care Systems Support Activity
• PL — Perception of light
• PS&RR — Provider Statistical & Reimbursement Report
• PSRS — Provider Statistical and Reimbursement System
• HIRO — Health Insurance Regional Office
• HCC — Health Care Compare
• OSHA — Occupational Health and Safety Administration
• HCEG — Health Care Executive Group
• DMEPOS — Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetic, Orthotics & Supplies
• TNHP — Teaching Nursing Home Program
• IMCAS — Intervening Medical Care Analysis System
• HIMBEX — Health Insurance Master Billing Exception Process
• NAMDRC — National Association for Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
• HCSD — Health Care Services Division
• MEDB — Manage the Edb System
• PSOR — Physician Supplier Overpayment Recovery
• NCAL — National Coalition for Assisted Living
• PUL.VI — Pulmonary vein isolation
• TES — Therapeutic endoscopic sialalendoscopy
• USRDS — United States Renal Data System
• SACP — Society for Ambulatory Care Professionals
• CCN — Carrier Control Number
• VLCD — Very Low Calorie Diet
• DPM — Drops per Minute
• PIPDCG — Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group
• CPHT — Clinical Partnerships in Healthcare Transformation
• PIN — Primary Insured Number
• CNHC — Coalition For Nonprofit Health Care
• PACE — Physician Assessment and Clinical Evaluation
• LSPINE — Lumbar spine

• MNIL — Medically Needy Income Levels
• SRF — Sub retinal fluid
• PARL — Physician/Supplier Assignment Rate List
• NHD — National Healthcare Distributors
• BACOM — Beneficiary Annotation & Communication Operation
• NPIP — Non Periodic Interim Payment
• MUPPET — Medicare UPdate Processors for Enrollment Transactions
• MHC — Munson Health Care
• MED.ROT — Medial rotation
• MDCN — Medicare Data Communications Network
• COA — Coarctation of the Aorta
• LVSV — Left ventricle systolic volume
• CIM — Coverage Issues Manual
• LAT.MEN — Lateral meniscus
• IHE — Integrating The Healthcare Enter
• HPAC — HI Premium Amount Collectable
• MMCITS — Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System
• VRU — Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit
• SAH — Sub Arachnoid Haemorrhage
• PID — Payer Identification System
• ROAR — Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care Operations
• HDDUCS — Health Insurance Daily Update Control System
• WFD — Word Finding Difficulties
• CE — Covered Entity
• MCCOY — Managed Care Online Information System
• APD — Advanced Planning Documents
• RFA — Radio Frequency Ablation
• HMUPHMO — HI Master Update HMO
• RTW — Returned to ward
• SA — Scheduled Allowance
• RAC — Reimbursement Advisory Committee
• MDAS — Medicaid Override Application System
• BRIGHT — Build Revitalize and Innovate for Greater Healthcare Tomorrow
• MMRA — Metropolitan Medical Response System
• MEDMRG — Medicaid Merge Program
• EACH — essential access community hospital
• IA — Inter/IntraAgency Agreement
• CWFMQA — CWF Medicare Quality Assurance System
• VIN — Vulval Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• HPPP — Healthcare Professional Profiles Program
• MDSRH — Medicare Dependent Small Rural Hospital
• HCFA — Health Care For All
• HHS — Home Health Services
• BAHC — Boscobel Area Health Care
• CPM — Claims Processing Manual
• MUDS — Medicare Utilization Data System
• BEER — Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record
• RROT — Right rotation
• PH — Partial Hospitalization
• MGCRB — Medical Geographical Classification Review Board

• PVB — Provider Bills
• FSA — Family Services Administration
• BOIS — Beneficiary Online Inquiry System
• NCHLS — National Council on Health Laboratory Services
• NHSC — National Health Service Corps
• FSA — Family Support Administration
• LH — Luthenising hormone
• TPDB — Third Party Data Base
• HD — haemodialysis
• ICU — Intense Care Unit
• PIG — Program Integrity Group
• MIPPA — Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
• NIDDKD — National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases
• CDB — Correspondence Database System
• UAHC — United American Healthcare Corporation
• HHP — Holistic Healthcare Practitioner
• HHS — Health & Human Services
• LSH — Long shoe horn
• RUJ — Radioulnar Joint
• HPAS — Healthcare Payments Automation Summit
• MDA — Misuse of Drugs Act
• HASO — Healthcare Administration Student Organization
• MFR — Maximum Flow Rate
• TIPPS — Test of Intermediary Prospective Payment System
• MFSR — Medicare Focused Medical Review Status Report
• PDA — Premium Due Amount
• OLTC — Other Long Term Care
• HPBSS — HCFA Part B Standard System
• FXI — Factor eleven
• RSF — Right side flexion
• GORD — gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder
• MCWS — Medicare Contractor Workload System
• PS — Pulmonary Stenosis
• MOBS — Mobilizations
• PIN — Physician Identification Number
• EHBA — Employee Healthcare Benefits Associate
• HISB — Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
• MMA — Medicare Modernization Act (of 1999)
• SLHT — South London Healthcare Trust
• MUGA — Multiple-gated arteriography
• NHCA — National Health Care Affiliates
• ECTI — Electronic Claims Transaction Initiative
• PTAPTT — Part A Processing Times Tabulation
• EDIPAC — Electronic Data Interchange / Payment & Collection
• DQC — Data Quality Committee
• NEHA — New England Health Assembly
• DAP — DMERC Advisory Panel
• HISAC — Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing
• HMODR — CMS Medicare Outpatient Data Review
• DRI — Drug Rebate Initiative

• HWRC — Healthcare Workforce Research Centre
• QARI — Quality Assurance Reform Initiative
• NCP — National Coverage Policy
• OMG — Ohio Medical Group
• MCWRS — Medicare Contractor Workload Reporting (System)
• HCBWP — Home & Community Based Waiver Program
• PFH — Preferred Family Healthcare
• BIT — Beneficiary Inquiries Taskforce
• ROCL — Regional Office Contractor Letter
• MBCIS — Medicare Compliance Issues System
• PIP — Physician Incentive Plan
• BF — Beneficiary File
• HISKEW — Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Writeoff
• SOCO — Southeastern Consortium
• SMR — Sub-mucosal resection
• NCNHR — National Coalition on Nursing Home Reform
• RTP — Return to Provider
• IEQ — Initial Enrollment Questionnaire
• GO — gastro-oesophageal
• MEASURES — Medicare Automated Survey Reporting System
• TWWIA — Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Act
• VADATS — Veterans Administration Data Automatic Transmission System
• HMIC — Healthcare Management Information Consortium
• STD.N — Student Nurse
• HCP — Health Care Providers
• RHCD — Rural Health Care District
• HCRS — HCRIS Process
• UHP — United Health Plan
• NCHICA — North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance
• DSHS — Distance Spanning Healthcare Systems
• NCHC — Northern Counties Health Care
• MWRS — Medicare Workload Report System
• NEC — necrotising enterocolitis
• STAR — Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement
• HCA — Home Care Assistant
• MQAG — Medicare Quality Advisory Group
• AMP — Advanced Midwife Practitioner
• NMFA — National Medicare Fraud Alert
• PRP — Prospective Reimbursement Plan
• JCA — Jewish Council for Aging
• MET — Medicaid Eligibility Terminal
• HEP — Hepatitis Education Project
• NICOA — National Indian Council on Aging
• MEWA — Medicare & Multiple Employer Welfare Associations
• APM — Admission Pattern Monitoring
• CHC — Comprehensive Health Center
• CHC — Certified Healthcare Constructor
• HMHISAC — HM Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing Operation
• BLUES — Blue Cross/Blue Shield associations
• SSO — Social Security Office

• MMCQI — Medicare Managed Care Quality Improvement
• PRVSF — Provider Summary File
• UWSD — underwater seal drain
• MMORP — Medicare Management and Open Review Program
• UHC — United Health Care
• DUH — Drive for Universal Healthcare
• ICSTP — Intermediary/Carrier System Testing Project
• RHP — Regional Healthcare Partnership
• EDBP — Enrollment Database PRISM
• OCFAA — Office of Civil Fraud and Administrative Adjudication
• NIAMSD — National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
• SCC — Spinal cord compression
• RMAPS — Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System
• RHS — Right height sensation
• DBPS — Drug Bill Processors
• LSCLIFE — Safety Code
• NGFSFHP — National Guaranty Fund for SelfFunded Health Plans
• THCA — Tennessee Health Care Association
• SLIP-A — Supplemental Low Income Patient Adjustment
• TPHA — Teponema pallidum haemagglutination
• PSRO — Performance Standards Review Organization
• NCAI — National Coalition for Adult Immunization
• NCCNHR — National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
• VSB — Videostroboscopy
• NCHBPL — National Claims History Beneficiary Program Liability
• CWFINFOBASE — Common Working File Information Database
• CA2 — Calcium Dialuminate
• NOCHD — Notice of Correction Hearing Decision
• HIAM — Health Insurance Alpha Microfilm
• CFM — Cerebral Function Monitoring technique
• CWFQAS — Common Working File Quality Assurance System
• PRP — Provider Reimbursement Profile
• HCAC — Health Care for All Colorado
• RVSV — Right ventricle systolic volume
• MHM — Methodist Healthcare Ministries
• SSACCS — Ssa Claims Control System
• RH — Rural Hospital
• TER — Total Elbow Replacement
• CLO — Campbylobacter like organism
• PPAC — Practicing Provider Advisory Council
• CAST — Carrier Alpha State Microfilm System
• MCSID — Medicare Contractor Systems Information Database
• HMSA — Health Manpower Shortage Areas
• NHCA — Naperville Health Care Associates
• FA — Fetal anomaly
• NMFAI — National Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Institute
• PPS — Proposed Price Setting
• DCHD — Duval County Health Department
• IS — In situ
• TPCH — Third Party Code for Hospital Insurance

• GNHC — Good Neighbor Healthcare Center
• MHW — Mobile Healthcare Watch
• MMACS — Medicare/Medicaid Automated Certification System
• SAD — Service Area Directory
• LCL — Lowest Charge Levels
• CHCE — Center for Health Care Ethics
• RHCD — Redbud Health Care District
• PHC — Preferred Health Care
• STD.PHN — Student Public Health Nurse
• PDOTH — Prior Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance
• HDENTMRG — Health Insurance Daily Prior Entitlement Merge
• URC — Utilization Review Coordinator
• WHCC — World Health Care Congress
• PAL — Provider Audit List
• TPBEST — Third Party Billing Extract Statistical Totals
• AP — Antero-Posterior
• MED.MEN — Medial meniscus
• SJH — St Joseph Healthcare
• RCT — Randomized Clinical Trials
• BDPP — Beneficiary Database Prototype Project
• PTAMUS — Part A Medicare Utilization System
• BAR — Beneficiary Adjustment Report
• PPR — physician payment reform
• ROL — Right occipito-lateral
• MPT — Maximum phonation time
• TRH — thyrotrophin releasing hormone
• MSS — Medical Social Sevices
• NMES — National Medical Expenditure Survey
• NHCI — National Health Care Initiative
• PFA — Plain film of abdomen
• KJ — kilo joules
• PCD — Premium Conversion Date
• MVPS — Medicare Volume Performance Standard
• MPD — Medicare Provider Database
• WHCOA — White House Conference on Aging
• NAATP — National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
• NCSB — Neurological, Cognitive, Sensory and Behavorial
• HDHISS — HD Health Insurance Segmented Sort System
• RADARS — Ranking and Data Analysis Reporting System
• FICARR — Fiscal Intermediary/Carrier
• HOST — Healthcare Open Systems & Trials
• MCIGLAS — Medicare Contractor Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
• DP — Disability Pension
• WECO — Western Consortium
• MQM — Medicare Quality Monitor
• DTS — Delerium tremens
• AF — Artificial feed
• BHHC — Baptist Home Health Care
• CFHCS — Center for Health Care Services
• NCHSR — National Center for Health Services & Research

• PLIF — Posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion
• HLA — Human lucocyte antigen
• SHCC — State Health Coordinating Council
• TPR — Third Party Record
• NDPS — National Drug Pricing System
• CAMP — Carrier Accountability Monitoring Project
• KHF — Kenya Healthcare Federation
• SMHD — Southern Mono Healthcare District
• MHN — Managed HealthCare Northwest
• RHHIPEP — Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation Program
• CPDAH — CPDA Hospital Insurance
• PBA — Part B Advisory
• HCA — Health Care Administration
• PRWORA — Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act
• SA — State Agency
• MWM — Mobilisation with movement
• LGHP — Large GHP
• T14 — Title XIV of the Social Security Act
• SSPML — Second State Professional Medical License
• CBS — Current Beneficiary Survey
• ROMGRS — Regional Office Managers
• PLAN — Protection for Long Term Assistance Needs
• NHE — Nation's Health Expenditures
• ROM — Regional Office Manual
• NGNA — National Gerontological Nurses Association
• DXGROUP — Diagnosis Group
• ROPO — Regional Office Project Officer
• PSM — Physician Summary Master
• MCO — Managed Care Operation
• DECC — Dental Content Committee
• RSVP — Retired Senior Volunteer Project
• CM — Clinical Modification
• TAP — Terminal Acquisition Project
• HSP — Henock schonlein purpura
• LATCH — Latino Access To Coordinated Healthcare
• MBHCW — Medicare Home & Community Based Services Waivers System
• NFID — National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• OMM — Office of Medicaid Management
• HISDG — HCFA Information Systems Development Guide
• TMJ — Temperomandibular Joint
• RSDHI — Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance
• MTI — Medicare Telephone Inquiry
• SMG — State Medicaid Group
• PHPO — Private Health Plan Option
• GPS — Generic Performance Standards
• HPA — Health Policy Agenda
• HISPP — Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel
• ROAMS — Regional Office Appeals Management System
• CC — Condition Code
• FHC — Frederiksted Health Care

• CAR — Corrective Action Review
• DHHSAA — DHHS Audit Agency
• EDBFPS — EDB Five Percent Sample
• SHARP — Supplemental Healthcare Adventist Retirement Plans
• SHCE — Supplemental Health Care Exhibit
• CHMSA — Critical Health Manpower Shortage Area
• RPCH — Regional Primary Care Hospital
• NSC — National Supplier Clearinghouse
• VCJD — Variant Crutzfeldt Jakob Disease
• HHCOV — Home Health Coverage
• HISTM — Health Insurance System Test Module
• REMIS — Renal Management Information System
• PDT — Physical Design Team
• IM — Intermediary Manual
• NVA — NonVeterans Administration
• MS — Mean Score
• FCCH — First Choice Community Healthcare
• MCS — Mandatory Claim Submission System
• HCRI — Health Care Rights Initiative
• PHI — Premium Hospital Insurance
• MICO — Midwestern Consortium
• NHCM — Nursing and Health Care Management
• VR — Vision, Right
• BI — Benefits Integrity
• SITT — Sitting
• SSR — Social Security Rulings
• MPDB — Medicare Prescription Drug Beneficiaries
• EDBUPT — EDB Online Update Facility
• IRIS — Interim and Resident Information System
• PP — Prospective Payment
• OSP — Outpatient Speech Pathology
• PRP — Pan Retinal Photocoagulation
• BOCMIS — Beneficiary Overpayment Control & Management Information System
• UHIP — Urban Healthcare Initiative Program
• FHCE — Future Health Care Executives
• SHS — Society for Health Systems
• POIWD — People or Individuals with Disabilities
• IT — inspiratory time
• PARA — Parity
• KAHC — Kereta Api Health Care
• AHC — Austrian Health Care
• NMAO — NonMedical Assistance Only
• ASL — Accreditation Status List
• RHHI — Regional Home Health Intermediary
• PCDB — Provider/Contractor Data Base
• PRO — Principal Regional Official
• LIS — Low-Income Subsidy
• HICR — Health Insurance Correction Request
• CC — Copied to
• FX — Factor ten

• UHCIA — Uniform 477 Information Act
• EPC — Evidence-based Practice Center
• PDBO — Public Disability Benefit Offset
• DWI — Disabled & Working Individual
• EA — Elective admission
• MTEA — Medical Treatment Effectiveness Agenda
• XVIII — Title 18 Medicare
• JCAHCO — Joint Commission on Accreditation of 477 Organizations
• MIRPS — Miscellaneous Information Reference Postentitlement System
• HCFA — Health Care Financial Authority
• T2R — Title II Redesign
• RHC — Ramsay Health Care
• TFA — Trans fatty acids
• HEZ — Health Economic Zone
• ISA — In Service Area
• PIR — Periodic Interim Reimbursement
• EDBTP — EDB Transaction Processors
• PHTP — Priority Health Training Programs
• CNACO — Community Nursing & Ambulatory Care Organization
• PTS — Provider Terminal System
• EB — ESRD Bene
• SMHC — Southern Maine Health Care
• MCH — Maternal & Child Health Services
• ESRDBF — EndStage Renal Disease Beneficiary File
• EDBOTP — EDB OnLine Transaction Processing
• THE — Trailblazers Health Enterprises, Inc. (MD component of TX BC/BS)
• HH — home help
• PIC — PRO Intermediary Carrier
• CS — Covered Services
• MA — Medicaid Agency
• SFRO — SanFrancisco Regional Office
• CCP — Coordinated Care Plans
• CPD — Cost Per Discharge
• PSO — Physician Security Officer
• HIIM — Health Insurance Inquiries Manual
• TPPAYD — Third Party Payment Data
• DKH — Day Kimball Healthcare (Putnam, CT)
• BSR — Bill Summary Records
• EMTF — Emergency Medical Technician
• NAP — National Advisory Council
• CLOE — Claims Only Entry System
• EDBCCB — EDB Change Control Board
• CD — Catheter draining
• VE — Ventricular ectopics
• MCSSMR — Medicare Contractor Standard Systems Medical Review
• RPCH — Rural Primary Care Hospital
• SBI — State Buy In
• VIP — Voucher Insurance Plan
• UHA — University HealthCare Alliance
• RAP — Request for Accelerated Payment

• FCD — First Claims Development
• PPRTF — Physician Payment Reform Task Force
• PUSH — People United To Save Healthcare
• FULS — Federal Upper Limits System
• HJCOIN — Health Insurance Central Office Inquiries
• UHIS — Unbundling of Hospital Inpatient Services
• ML — Mililitre
• LHSS — Louisiana Healthcare Staffing Solutions
• NASOP — National Association of State Ombudsman Programs
• RHIR — Resident Health Insurance Representative
• SBA — Stand-by assistance
• CPC — Clinical Placement CoOrdinator
• CPT — Cost Per Treatment
• OHWL — Oregon Healthcare Workforce Linkage
• MOLI — Mirtel OnLine Inquiry System
• MPARTS — Mistaken Payment Recovery Tracking System
• RNP — Registered Nurse Prescriber
• PMS — Passive movements
• PPA — Premium Paid Amount
• SALT — Suspensions & Life Terminations System
• NHCAA — National Health Care AntiFraud Association
• CHC — Continuous Home Care
• UHCP — United Healthcare Community Plan
• SBIGPPP — State BuyIn Group Practice Prepayment Plan
• CCP — Comprehensive Care Provider
• PAL — Patient Accounting Language
• RHCD — Rescue Health Care Day
• TPM — Third Party Master
• WFHC — Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's
• MSS — Medicare Statistical System
• NESRD — NonEnd Stage Renal Disease
• NHTA — Nevada Healthcare Technology Association
• WIC — Women, Infant & Children Program
• NHCA — Northland Health Care Access
• SB — Seen by
• NHCMQ — Nursing Home Case Mix & Quality Demonstration
• MCBFMR — BESS Focused Medical Review
• HMPSA — Health Manpower Shortage Area
• RPA — Renal Physicians Association
• MEDIGAP — Medicare Gap
• CWCT — Continue With Current Treatment
• SIC — State Insurance Commission
• CPM — Contractor Performance Management
• RC — Reasonable Charge
• TPLAB — Third Party List Agency Billing
• LSP — Left sacro-posterior
• TOE — Trans oesophageal echocardiogram
• MPC — Medical Patterns of Care
• RNHCI — Religious NonMedical 477 Institution
• ORQ — Outer range quadriceps

• NMHCC — National Managed Healthcare Congress Conference
• VRE — Vancomycin resistant enteroccocus
• EMBER — Edit for Multiple Bene Entitlement Records
• FXIII — Factor thirteen
• PCA — Physicians Comparability Allowance
• LHS — Left height sensation
• MCH — Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
• MPS — Market Penetration Survey
• MBES — Medicaid Budget & Expenditures System
• STD.M — Student Midwife
• TPEXLAX — Third Party Expel Lapsed, Antiquated & XR Records
• MGA — Medicaid Grant Awards
• SSIPML — Second State Issuing Professional Medical License
• WIH — Women's Integrated Healthcare
• CTR — Carpel tunnel release
• DM — Diabetis Mellitus
• RSF — Renal Services Facility
• ETC — Etcetra
• EM — Enrollment Module
• IPA — Intrapulmonary Artery
• CC — Claims Control
• MTS — Medicare Target Scenario
• MAP — Medical Assistance Payments
• BSS — Benefit Summary Statistics
• HBH — Hand behind head
• CHR — Complete Healthcare Retrofitting
• PME — Partial Month Eligible
• HIS — Healthcare Infection Society
• SF6 — Sulphurhexaflouride
• ICR — Incomplete Claims Reject
• PSP — Provider/Supplier Service Plan
• SU.R — Suburethral repair
• CMP — Chondromalacia pattellae
• BOSSN — Beneficiary's Own SSN
• PF — plantarflexion
• TBC — Tuberculin bacillus culture
• SDP — Single Drug Pricer
• MCHC — Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
• DOM — Developmental Office Minicomputer
• PD — Physical Database
• MI — Manual Issuance
• FOS — Fructo olligosacharides
• OAHE — Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineers
• ENTRAP — ENrollment TRAnsaction Processors
• OBS — Observations
• IRB — Intern & Resident to Bed
• SA — Spinal anaesthetic
• VC — Volume Control
• RE — Reasonable Expectancies
• MIR — Medicare Information Request

• WAR — Working Aged Recovery
• RC — Regional Carrier
• IL — Intermediary Letter
• CI — Catastrophic Indicator
• POA — Persistant occipito-anterior
• SCACA — Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act
• RSA — Right Sacroanterior
• WA — Working Aged
• PSR — Provider Statistics & Reimbursement Report
• STAR — Systems Test for Alternative Reimbursement
• ME — Medical Effectiveness
• PAS — Premium Accrual Stop
• SMI — Standardized Medreview Instrument
• BF — Breast feed
• TAC — Toxicant Analysis Center
• ENTMRG — Prior Entitlement Merge
• FTA — Failure to advance
• ED — Electronic Commerce
• AND — Adverse neural dynamics
• SP — Supra pubic
• HDMUPS — HI Daily Master Update Processing System
• SBC — School Based Clinics
• HIP — Health Insurance Pamphlet
• TCM — Transcutaneous monitoring
• HD — Handicapped/Disabled
• RTI — Return to Intermediary
• SSM — Senior Staff Midwife
• TOP — Type of Provider
• RI — Regional Intermediary
• SAP — Symptom-Associated Probability
• ME — Medical Endurance
• STR — Soft Tissue Release
• CAPS — Capitated Ambulatory Plan
• SI — Single Intermediary
• PS — Physician Sequential

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