Medical
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
HTN
What is hypertension?
The plantar surface refers to this area of the body
What is the bottom of the foot?
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia?
E11.9
What is Diabetes without complications?
This modifier indicates a bilateral procedure
What is 50?
Fx
What is fracture?
Disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the day
What is narcolepsy?
An elevated white blood cell count in the blood
What is leukocytosis?
All of these codes start with "R"
What are signs/symptoms and abnormal findings?
The 90 days after a major surgery
What is global period?
CABG
What is coronary artery bypass graft?
The duodenum, jejunum, and ileum make up this organ
What is the small intestines?
-algia and -dynia are suffixes for this word
What is pain?
An "S" at the end of an injury code indicates this
What is sequela?
E & M visit of an established patient that may not require the presence of a physician
What is a nurse visit? or 99211
CGM
What is continuous glucose monitoring?
Term used to describe the body's ability to maintain its normal state
What is homeostasis?
Brittle and fragile bone
What is osteoporosis?
Poisioning, under-dosing and adverse effects can be found here
What is the table of drugs and chemicals, or drug table?
The "+" symbol in front of a code indicates this type of code
What is an add-on code?
TAH
What is total abdominal hysterectomy?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves
What is sagittal plane?
Also known as Nephrolithiasis
What is kidney stone?
These codes have sequencing priority over all other codes
What are O codes or pregnancy codes?
When using time for code selection, 40-54 minutes of total time is spent with an established patient during this level of service
What is 99215?