CHART FORMS/REPORTS
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
ACRONYMS
POTPOURRI
100

An Outpatient H&P needs to be completed within what length of time without an update note. 

What is within 24 hours of admission?

100

A non-invasive test that is used to reflect underlying heart conditions by measuring the electrical activity of the heart. 

What is Electrocardiogram?

100

HIPAA

What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?

100

A physician who supervises a patient's care during an inpatient stay.

What is the Attending Physician?

200

When prepping a chart, what form comes immediately after Physician Orders?

What are Discharge Instructions?

200

An x-ray of the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it.

What is a mammogram?

200

MOON

What is Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice?

200

Treatment received by a patient in a hospital or clinic. The patient does not require hospitalization. 

What is Outpatient Care?

300

A signed Authorization from the patient to release information is not needed for what type of request.

What is a request for continuation of care from another medical facility?

300

A blood draw.

What is a venipuncture?

300

HFAP

What is Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program?

400

Written authorization from a policyholder for their insurance company to pay benefits directly to the care provider. 

What is an Assignment?

400

Partial or complete loss of consciousness.

What is syncope?

400

ABN

What is Advance Beneficiary Notice?

400

A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. 

Who is an Oncologist?

500

A Discharge Summary is required on what type of patient class. 

What is Inpatient?

500

High, excessive, beyond normal. 

What is hyper?

500

EMTALA

What is Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?

500

The Revenue Codes for ER and Observation services

What are 450 and 762?