Abbreviations

Question 1

ABN

Answer 1

Advance Beneficiary Notice

Question 2

AMA

Answer 2

American Medical Association

Question 3

APC

Answer 3

Ambulatory Payment Classification

Question 4

APM

Answer 4

Advanced Alternative Payment Models

Question 5

ARRA

Answer 5

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Question 6

ASC

Answer 6

Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Question 7

CDT

Answer 7

Current Dental Terminology

Question 8

CMS

Answer 8

Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services

Question 9

CMS-HCC

Answer 9

Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services - Hierarchical Condition Category

Question 10

CPC

Answer 10

Certified Professional Coder

Question 11

CPT

Answer 11

Current Procedural Terminology

Question 12

EHR

Answer 12

Electronic Health Record

Question 13

EIN

Answer 13

Employer Identification Number

Question 14

E/M

Answer 14

Evaluation and Management

Question 15

HCPCS

Answer 15

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System

Question 16

HHS

Answer 16

Department of Health & Human Services

Question 17

HIPAA

Answer 17

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Question 18

HITECH

Answer 18

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

Question 19

HMO

Answer 19

Health Maintenance Organization

Question 20

ICD-10-CM

Answer 20

International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification

Question 21

LCD

Answer 21

Local Coverage Determination

Question 22

MAC

Answer 22

Medicare Administrative Contractor

Question 23

MIPS

Answer 23

Merit-Based Incentive Payment Systems

Question 24

MACRA

Answer 24

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act

Question 25

MS-DRG

Answer 25

Medicare Severity-Diagnostic Related Group

Question 26

NCD

Answer 26

National Coverage Determination

Question 27

NP

Answer 27

Nurse Practitioner

Question 28

NPI

Answer 28

National Provider Identifier

Question 29

OCR

Answer 29

Office for Civil Rights

Question 30

OIG

Answer 30

Office of Inspector General

Question 31

PA

Answer 31

Physicians Assistant

Question 32

PHI

Answer 32

Protected Health Information

Question 33

PPACA

Answer 33

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 34

SOAP

Answer 34

Standard format for E/M Services - Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan

Question 35

TPO

Answer 35

Treatment, payment, and healthcare operations