Some words
Staffs with a cross-piece at the top to place under the arms of a lame person
Crutches
To hold up; to bear part of the weight of
Support
To make steady; firmly fixed; constant
Stabilize
Refers to the degree of movement of the body’s joints and
extremities
Range-of-motion (ROM)
Refers to a cane with four “feet.”
Quad-base
The underarm area, armpit
Axilla
Uninvolved; doing nothing
Idle
To walk, not be confined to bed.
Ambulate
The use of appropriate body positioning when moving and lifting objects to
avoid injury
Body mechanics
Easily bent, compliant, yielding to persuasion.
Flexibility
Spent or used, as with money or energy
Expended
To blot out; leave no trace; destroy
Obliterate
Quality of being mobile; easy to move
Mobility
Manner of walking
Gait
Spent or used, as with money or energy
Expended
The inclination of two straight lines that meet in a point
Angle
Sending a patient to a provider of a different specialty for treatment beyond the scope
of practice for the initial practitioner
Referral
Scheduled the same as wave but with the exception of scheduling patients in the last 30 minutes at 10–20 minute intervals
Modified wave
A format for establishing a time schedule for appointments
Matrix
When service is rendered; real time
At the time of service (ATOS)
The state of being bankrupt, being legally declared unable to pay debts; a petition to a court by an individual who is stating that they cannot pay any debt incurred
Bankruptcy
Refers to the immediate and complete adjudication of a health care claim upon receipt by the payer from a provider. Adjudication is the final determination of the issues involving settlement of an insurance claim, also known as a claim settlement.
Real time adjudication (RTA)
Dividing accounts into categories according to the amount of time since the first billing date; way to identify accounts according to the length of time the accounts have
been delinquent
Aging of accounts
All the outstanding accounts (amounts due to the office); a reporting system to see who has not paid on their account
Accounts receivable (A/R)
A patient ledger within a practice management system may be called an
account history. Generally, account histories follow the same organized plan used for ledger
records of patients. The account history automatically shows the balance of the account and the
number of days the account has been due
Account history