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| Computerized Axial Tomography |
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| Nursing Interventions Classification |
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| Systemized Monenclature of Medicine |
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| Patient Medical Record Information |
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| National Library of Medicine; unit of NIH, largest medical library in the world |
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| Unified Medical Language System |
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| Health Information Portability and Accountability Act |
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| Digital Imaging & Communication in Medicine |
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| Food & Drug Administration; regulatesprescription and non-prescription drugs |
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| Center for Disease Control |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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| American Medical Association |
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| Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium |
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| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
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| Current Procedural Terminology 4th edition |
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| Computer Based Patient Record Institute; promotes universal use of electronic Healthcare information systems |
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| Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
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| Laboratory Information System; computer system that connects to and collects Date from lab test instruments |
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| International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification |
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| Positron Emission Tomography |
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| Warning, message or reminder automatically generated by EHR systems based on logical rules |
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| Comparing data from different dates, tests or events to correlate the changes in patient health |
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| Computerized based systems which aids the clinician who is determining the diagnosis or treatment |
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| Electronic Health Record System component to provide preventative health recommendations |
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| Electronic Health Record/ EHR |
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| Portion of patient records stored in computer |
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| Used to bill for alternative medicine such as behavioral health, homeopathy and others |
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| Physician repairs the fracture without directly visualizing the fracture |
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the skull |
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| An attempt to maneuver the bone back into the proper alignment |
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| Sugical incision of the sternum |
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| Displacement of a bone from its normal location in a joint |
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| Fracture has broken through the bone cortex or bone has been exposed to air |
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| Application of a device that holds a bone in place which is placed outside of the body with pins or wires |
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| Surgery is performed where the fracture is exposed by an incision and the fracture is visualized |
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| Applicaton of pulling force to hold a bone in alignment |
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| Percutaneous Skeletal Fixation |
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| Describes the fracture treatment that is neither open or closed |
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| Fracture does not penetrate the bone cortex or bone is not exposed to air |
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| Use of internal device such as pins, screws, or wires |
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| Surgical puncture of a joint for the removal of fluid |
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| destruction,separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution |
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| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
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| aged, blind, or disabled individuals or families and children who meet financial eligibility requirements for Aide to families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, or an optional state supplemental. |
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| A cost-sharing requirement under a health insurance policy providing that the insured will assume a percentage of the cost for covered services. |
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| A patient's payment of a portion of the cost at the time of service is rendered. |
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| Specific services and supplies for which Medicaid will provide reimbursement. |
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| Instrument used for examination of the bladder |
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| Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) |
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| covers screening and diagnostic services to determine physical or mental defects in recipients younger than 21 years and health care, treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate any defects and chronic conditions discovered. |
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| Condition of involuntary emission of urine; bedwetting |
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| An organization under contract to the state to process claims for a state Medicaid program. |
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| Crushing of a kidney stone |
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| Managed Care Organization |
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| Medicaid Qualified Medicare Beneficiary |
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| Maternal and Child Health Program (MCHP) |
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| A state service organization to assist children younger than 21 years of age who have conditions leading to health programs. |
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| California's version of the nationwide program known as Medicaid. |
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| A federally aided, state-operated, and state-administered program that provides medical benefits for certain low-income persons in need of health and medical care. |
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| Persons in need of financial assistance or whose income and resources will not allow them to pay for the costs of medical care |
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| Separation of waste from the blood by using a peritoneal catheter and dialysis |
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| The evaluation of a provider request for a specific service to determine the medical necessity and appropriateness of the care requested for a patient. |
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| Qualified Medicare Beneficiary |
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| A person certified by the local welfare department to recieve the benefits of Medicaid under one of the specific aid categories. |
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| Specified lo-income Medicare Beneficiary |
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| The amount the patient must pay ecah month before he or she can be eligible for Medicaid. |
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| State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) |
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| A state child health program that operates with federal grant support under Title V of the social security Act. |
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| Supplemental Security Income(SSI) |
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| Of program of income support for low-income aged, blind, and disabled persons established by Title XVI of the Social Security Act. |
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| Temporary Assistance To Needy Families |
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| Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsability Act |
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| Narrowing or constriction of the urethra |
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| without the formation of urine |
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| abnormal condition in which the body tissues contain an accumulation of fluid |
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