Chapters 1-4

Front 1

AHCCCS

Back 1

Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System

Front 2

APC

Back 2

Ambulatory patient classification

Front 3

Case manager

Back 3

Person who coordinates medical services on behalf of a patient

Front 4

Certification

Back 4

Evidence that an individual has mastered fundamental competencies in a particular technical area

Front 5

CLLA ‘88

Back 5

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988

Front 6

Communication barriers

Back 6

Biases or personalized filters that are major obstructions to verbal communication

Front 7

CPT

Back 7

Current procedural terminology codes

Front 8

Exsanguinate

Back 8

To remove all blood

Front 9

HIPAA

Back 9

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Front 10

HMO’s

Back 10

Health maintenance organizations

Front 11

ICD-9-CM

Back 11

International classification of diseases, ninth revision, medical modification

Front 12

IDS

Back 12

Integrated healthcare delivery system

Front 13

Kinesic slip

Back 13

When the verbal and nonverbal messages do not match

Front 14

Kinesics

Back 14

The study of nonverbal communication

Front 15

MCO’s

Back 15

Managed-care organizations

Front 16

Medicaid

Back 16

A federal and state program that provides medical assistance for low income Americans

Front 17

Medicare

Back 17

Federally funded program that provides healthcare to people over the age of 65 and to the disabled

Front 18

PHI

Back 18

Protected health information

Front 19

Phlebotomy

Back 19

Incision to the vein for the purpose of drawing blood

Front 20

PHS

Back 20

Public health service

Front 21

Polycythemia

Back 21

A disorder involving over production of red blood cells

Front 22

PPOs

Back 22

Preferred provider organization’s

Front 23

Primary care

Back 23

Care by general physician who assumes ongoing responsibility for maintaining his or her patient’s health

Front 24

Proxemics

Back 24

The study of an individual’s concept and use of space

Front 25

Reference laboratories

Back 25

Large independent laboratory as I receive and test specimens from many different facilities

Front 26

Secondary care

Back 26

Care by a physician who can perform out of the ordinary procedures in outpatient facilities

Front 27

Tertiary care

Back 27

Highly complex care and therapy services from practitioners in a hospital or overnight facility

Front 28

Third-party payer

Back 28

Insurance company or government program that pays for healthcare services on behalf of a patient

Front 29

-edema

Back 29

Swelling

Front 30

-edema

Back 30

Swelling

Front 31

-cele

Back 31

Hernia/swelling

Front 32

-lith

Back 32

Stone/calculus

Front 33

-lith

Back 33

Stone/calculus

Front 34

-osis

Back 34

Abnormal condition; increase - Primarily with blood cells

Front 35

Spasm

Back 35

Twitching/involuntary contraction

Front 36

-rrhea

Back 36

Discharge/flow

Front 37

-pathy

Back 37

Disease

Front 38

-itis

Back 38

Inflammation

Front 39

-rrhexis

Back 39

Rupture

Front 40

-rrhexis

Back 40

Rupture

Front 41

-plegia

Back 41

Paralysis

Front 42

Thrombus

Back 42

Thrombi

Front 43

Ovum

Back 43

Ova

Front 44

Fungus

Back 44

Fungi

Front 45

Diagnosis

Back 45

Diagnoses

Front 46

-algia or -dynia

Back 46

Pain

Front 47

-algia or -dynia

Back 47

Pain

Front 48

-plasia or -plasm

Back 48

Formation/growth

Front 49

-rrhage or -rrhagia

Back 49

Bursting of

Front 50

-rrhage or -rrhagia

Back 50

Bursting of

Front 51

-meter

Back 51

Instrument for measuring

Front 52

-rrhage or -rrhagia

Back 52

Bursting of

Front 53

-meter

Back 53

Instrument for measuring

Front 54

-metry

Back 54

Act of measuring

Front 55

-gram

Back 55

Record/writing

Hint 55

Milligram

Front 56

-scope

Back 56

Instrument for examining

Front 57

-rrhaphy

Back 57

Suture

Front 58

-plasty

Back 58

Surgical repair

Front 59

-scopy

Back 59

Visually examining

Front 60

-graph

Back 60

Instrument for recording

Front 61

-graphy

Back 61

Process of recording

Front 62

-stomy

Back 62

To form an opening

Hint 62

Mouth

Front 63

-desis

Back 63

Binding or fixation of a bone or joint

Front 64

-tome

Back 64

Instrument to cut

Front 65

-tomy

Back 65

Incision

Front 66

-clasis

Back 66

To break; surgical fracture

Front 67

-pexy

Back 67

Fixation/Holding or storing in place of

Hint 67

Hysteropexy

Front 68

-ectasis

Back 68

Dilation or expansion

Front 69

-emisis

Back 69

Vomiting

Front 70

-emia

Back 70

Blood condition

Front 71

-iasis

Back 71

Abnormal condition

Hint 71

Elephantiasis or psoriasis

Front 72

-ectomy

Back 72

Excision or removal

Front 73

-ectomy

Back 73

Excision or removal

Front 74

-centesis

Back 74

Surgical puncture

Front 75

-lysis

Back 75

Separation/destruction/loosening