ICD9
CPT
Acronyms
Medical Terminology
Anatomy
100
The code range of Circulatory System
What is 390-459
100
The code range for Circulatory/Cardiovascular System
What is 33010-36556
100
The group of tests that includes spirometry, lung volumes, diffusing capacity (how well gases move in the lungs), and arterial blood gases
What is PFT(Pulmonary Function Test)
100
When arteries lose their elasticity due to thickening and hardening. This is often due to a build up a fatty plaque (deposits of cholesterol) within the vessel walls.
What is Atherosclerosis
100
Two upper chambers of the heart
What is right and left Atria
200
The code range of the Respiratory System
What is 460-519
200
The code range of Digestive System
What is 40490-49999
200
Two lung diseases, i.e., chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Both are characterized by airflow obstruction causing dyspnea and over time more serious conditions, such as congestive heart failure (CHF)
What is COPD(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
200
Lined with columnar epithelia tissue that contains goblet cells that produce mucous and cilia (tiny little hairs) that act as an air filter.
What is Respiratory System
200
Two lower chambers of the heart
What is right and left ventricles
300
The code range of Digestive System
What is 520-579
300
The code range for Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
What is 32701
300
The pylorus is the opening between the stomach and the small intestine, and the surrounding muscular valve is the
What is Pylorus Sphincter
300
Where air passes between the larynx and the two main bronchi. It is the area just below our Adam’s Apple.
What is Trachea
300
Diseased coronary arteries that are blocked by atherosclerosis (fatty plaques), or that become occluded due to spasms or arterial stenosis (stricture), also known as
What is Coronary Artery Disease(CAD)
400
The code range of Acute Rheumatic fever
What is 390-392
400
The code range for Mediastinum & Diaphragm
What is 39000-39599
400
Hormone that is released that stimulates the stomach glands to secrete the gastric juice.
What is Gastrin
400
Rare cancer generally caused by asbestos
What is Mesothelioma
400
The "natural pacemaker"
What is SA Node
500
The code range of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
What is 490-496
500
The code range for Laparoscopy in the digestive system
What is 49320-49329
500
The gastric juice that allows B12 to bind to specific proteins so that it is absorbed.
What is Intrinsic Factor
500
When a patient does not respond to asthma treatments, and an acute episode becomes more severe and extended
What is status asthmaticus
500
The ventricles relaxing or repolarizing.
What is T-Wave
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