Clinical Terminologies, Classifications and Code Systems
Data Management
Secondary Data Sources
Abbreviations
100

A set of terms specific to a domain

What is vocabulary/terminology?

100

The definition and structure of data elements and the creation, storage and transmission of data elements



What is Data Management?

100

A database created from Medicare claims




What is MEDPAR?

100

CMS

What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid?



200

A system of names that follows preestablish conventions 

What is nomenclature?

200

Create process for removal and/or destruction of information no longer needed.




What is disposition?

200

Used by external users to identify patterns and trends


What is secondary data?

200

OASIS

What is the Outcome Assessment Information Set?

300

A standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs

What is RxNorm?

300

Create a process for proper retention based on accreditation, all laws, regulations, standards and organizational policies



What is retention?

300

Include data on groups of people or patients without identifying any particular patient individually




What is aggregate data?

300

UHDDS

What is the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set?



400

Classifies states of functioning, disability and health

What is ICF?

400

All information complies with all laws, regulations, standards and organizational policies



What is compliance?

400

Responsible for the clinical trials database

What is The National Library of Medicine?



400

DEEDS

What is the Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems?

500

Contains the codes and terms from over 200 terminology, classification and coding standards

What is metathesaurus?

500

Create protections to safeguard information from improper use and disclosure to avoid data breaches



What is protection?

500

A list of publications for healthcare



What is MEDLINE?

500

EDMS

What is the Essential Medical Data Set?