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  2. List of medical abbreviations: C - Wikipedia

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    Meaning c̅ (c with an overbar) with (from Latin cum) means with C: cytosine cervical vertebrae: C1: atlas – first cervical vertebra of the spine C2: axis – second cervical vertebra of the spine CA: carcinoma cancer: Ca: calcium carcinoma cancer: CAA: coronary artery aneurysm: c/b: complicated by: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft ...

  3. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    HCPCS was established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing the specific items and services provided in the delivery of health care. Such coding is necessary for Medicare , Medicaid , and other health insurance programs to ensure that insurance claims are processed in an orderly and consistent manner.

  4. Minimum Data Set - Wikipedia

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    Participants in the assessment process are health care professionals and direct care staff such as registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses (LPN/LVN), Therapists, Social Services, Activities and Dietary staff employed by the nursing home. MDS information is transmitted electronically by nursing homes to the MDS database in ...

  5. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    (99291–99292) Critical care services (99304–99318) Nursing facility services (99324–99337) Domiciliary, rest home (boarding home) or custodial care services (99339–99340) Domiciliary, rest home (assisted living facility), or home care plan oversight services (99341–99350) Home health services (99354–99360) Prolonged services

  6. Medical billing - Wikipedia

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    Medical billing, a payment process in the United States healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient's medical records and using information about their diagnoses and procedures to determine which services are billable and to whom they are billed.

  7. Acronyms in healthcare - Wikipedia

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    A number of sources provide lists of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in health care. The terms listed are used in the English language within the healthcare systems and by healthcare professionals of various countries. [3] Examples of terms include BP, COPD, [9] TIMI score, and SOAP. [10] There is no standardised list. [3]

  8. Clinical Care Classification System - Wikipedia

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    A nursing care component is defined as a cluster of elements that represents a unique pattern of clinical care nursing practice; namely, Health Behavioral, Functional, Physiological, and Psychological. Nursing Diagnoses: A clinical judgment about the healthcare consumer's response to actual or potential health conditions or needs.

  9. Computerized physician order entry - Wikipedia

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    The application responding to, i.e., performing, a request for services (orders) or producing an observation.The filler can also originate requests for services (new orders), add additional services to existing orders, replace existing orders, put an order on hold, discontinue an order, release a held order, or cancel existing orders.