Chapter 1: Abbreviations

Question 1

ACA

Abbreviations

Answer 1

Affordable Care Act

Question 2

.

AMA

Abbreviations

Answer 2

American Medical Association

Question 3

CC

Abbreviations

Answer 3

chief complaint

Question 4

CPT

Abbreviations

Answer 4

Current Procedural Terminology

Question 5

DOB

Abbreviations

Answer 5

date of birth

Question 6

DRG

Abbreviations

Answer 6

diagnoses-related group

Question 7

Dx

Abbreviations

Answer 7

diagnosis

Question 8

ED

Abbreviations

Answer 8

emergency department

Question 9

ENT

Abbreviations

Answer 9

ear, nose, throat

Question 10

FDA

Abbreviations

Answer 10

Food and Drug Administration

Question 11

FH

Abbreviations

Answer 11

family history

Question 12

GP

Abbreviations.

Answer 12

general practitioner

Question 13

H&P

Abbreviations

Answer 13

history and physical

Question 14

HCPC

Abbreviations

Answer 14

Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System

Question 15

HHX

Abbreviations

Answer 15

health history

Question 16

HIPPA

Abbreviations

Answer 16

Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 17

HPI

Abbreviations

Answer 17

history of present illness

Question 18

ICD-10

Abbreviations

Answer 18

International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision

Question 19

ICD- 9

Abbreviations

Answer 19

International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision

Question 20

IP

Abbreviations

Answer 20

inpatient

Question 21

MD

Abbreviations

Answer 21

doctor of medicine

Question 22

OB

Abbreviations

Answer 22

obstretrics

Question 23

OP

Abbreviations

Answer 23

outpatient

Question 24

ophth

Abbreviations

Answer 24

ophthalmology

Question 25

**OR** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 25

**operating room**

Question 26

**OTC** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 26

**over-the-counter**

Question 27

**PACU** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 27

**postanesthesia care unit**

Question 28

**PE** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 28

**physical examination; pulmonary embolism**

Question 29

**PMH** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 29

**past medical history**

Question 30

**Pt** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 30

**patient**

Question 31

**ROS** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 31

**review of systems**

Question 32

**SSN** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 32

**Social Security Number**

Question 33

**TJC** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 33

**The Joint Commission**

Question 34

**Tx** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 34

**treatment**

Question 35

**VS** ## Footnote Abbreviations

Answer 35

**vital signs**

Question 36

**cardi(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 36

**heart**

Question 37

**crin(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 37

**to secrete**

Question 38

**Dermat(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 38

**skin**

Question 39

**enter(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 39

**intestines; small intestines**

Question 40

**esthesi(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 40

**feeling or sensation**

Question 41

**gastr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 41

**stomach**

Question 42

**ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 42

**elderly or aged**

Question 43

**gynec(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 43

**female**

Question 44

**immun(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 44

**immune**

Question 45

**laryng(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 45

**larynx**

Question 46

**nat(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 46

**birth**

Question 47

**ne(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 47

**new**

Question 48

**neur(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 48

**nerve**

Question 49

**obstetr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 49

**midwife**

Question 50

**onc(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 50

**tumor**

Question 51

**ophthalm(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 51

**eye**

Question 52

**orth(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 52

**straight**

Question 53

**ot(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 53

**ear**

Question 54

**path(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 54

**disease**

Question 55

**ped(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 55

**child; sometimes foot**

Question 56

**psych(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 56

**mind**

Question 57

**radi(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 57

**radiant energy, radiation, sometimes radius**

Question 58

**rheumat(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 58

**rheumatism**

Question 59

**rhin(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 59

**nose**

Question 60

**ur(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 60

**urinary tract; sometimes urine**

Question 61

**-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, ical** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 61

**pertaining to**

Question 62

**-er, -ist** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 62

**one who, specialist**

Question 63

**-iatrician** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 63

**practioner**

Question 64

**-iatrics, -iatry** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 64

**medical profession or treatment**

Question 65

**-logic, -logical** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 65

**pertaining to the science or study of**

Question 66

**-logist** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 66

**one who studies; specialist**

Question 67

**-logy** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 67

**study or science of or specialty**