Medical Insurance Abbreviation

Chronic Kidney disease requiring dialysis or kidney transplant.

Symptoms, problems, or conditions as the reason for seeking Health Care services.

The total amount of money owed for professional services rendered.

Voluntary pay-for-reporting program.

A program of income support to low-income aged, blind, and disabled persons.

A monetary value on the basis of amount of physician work and/or practice expenses.

This act is made up of 5 titles. Projected long term benefits including administrative costs.

Administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare.

Electronic database used to verify beneficiary eligibility for individuals in TRICARE

The coding professional should be certified by...

Health Care Management process done after performing H&P examination on a patient.

Claims may indicate ___ in block 12 of the claim form.

Created to strengthen the HIPAA privacy protections and rights.

Developed Uniform data processing codes and universal electronic injury report forms.

What does abbreviation TPR mean?

measured by sphygmomanometer

Parts of small/large intestine, right ovary, right uterine tube, appendix, and right ureter.

An individual cross-trained to provide more than 1 function

One of the unique physician identification numbers.

Small/Large intestine, left ovary, left uterine tube, left ureter.

Sets policies and procedure.

Insurance that covers off-the-job injury/illness.

For disability insurance the initial period of time when disabled person not able to use it

Formerly known as Medical records department.

Requires MAC to pay the prompt payment interest rate.

Also known as gatekeeper.

What does abbreviation "PCM" mean?

Patients past history, medical events in patient's family, and review of current activities.

Obtained after study that prompted the hospitalization.

Formerly referred to as fascial intermediary, Medicare carrier, Medicare Part B carrier, etc.

The EIN is assigned by ___ and used to identify employers for tex purposes.

System that ranks physician services by units.

A set of data reporting standard that compares performance between plans.

Also known as Veterans Health Administration.

If any questions are unanswerable , do not use this abbreviation..(claims)

A medicare 10 digit number issued to providers.

Indicate any spaces on the form that do not apply by marking....

A document detailing services billed and describes payment determinations.

Contracts with a group of providers to deliver care to members

A patient record created using a computer with software.

A national professional society of physicians

What does abbreviation "CHF" stand for?

understandable data items sent back and forth via computer linkages between 2 or more entities

A contract that insures a person against on-the-job injury/illness.

Miscellaneous hospital services and supplies might consist of __.

A device that can read typed characters at a very high speed and convert them to digitized file

Procedural code book using 5-digit numeric system to identify and code procedures.

one of many imaging services

A review of medical events in the patient's family.

What does abbreviation "HCF" mean?

Developed the official version of the ICD in Geneva, Switzerland.

Also known in some programs as an EOB.

What does abbreviation "MSDS" stand for?

A magnetically encoded bankcard used to make deposits and withdraw cash.

The oldest of prepaid health plans

Critical care may sometimes, not always, be rendered in a critical care area such as....

developed a role delineation study analyzing the many job functions of the medical assistant

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan

Designed to monitor and improve usage and quality of care.

Protected health information produced, saved, transferred and received in an electronic form.

Critical care may sometime, not always, be rendered in a critical care are such as ___.

An illness or injury expected to last a lifetime.

What does abbreviation "H&P" mean?

Operates at state level.

Disease of immune system. Increasing infections, certain cancers, and neurological disorders.

promotes the art and science of medical record management

What does abbreviation HT mean?

Provides the workup for referral cases, which may involve the FBI and other agencies.

What does abbreviation ROM mean?

A patient record created using a computer with software.

An individuals tax identification number issued by the federal government.

Commonly used phrase or abbreviation that may not support billing of services.

Formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).

An Age appropriate review of past and current activities.

Enforces privacy and security rules.