AA ⦁ Anesthesia Assistant
A/B MAC A/B ⦁ Medicare Administrative Contractor ABN Advanced Beneficiary Notice
AMA ⦁ American Medical Association
AOC ⦁ Add-on Code
ASC ⦁ Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center
CBC ⦁ Complete Blood Count
CCMI ⦁ Correct Coding Modifier Indicator
CFR ⦁ Code of Federal Regulations
CMS ⦁ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMT Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment
CMV ⦁ Cytomegalovirus
CNS ⦁ Central Nervous System
CPAP ⦁ Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CPR ⦁ Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPT ⦁ Current Procedural Terminology
CRNA ⦁ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
CT ⦁ Computed Tomography
CTA ⦁ Computed Tomographic Angiography
DME ⦁ Durable Medical Equipment
D.O. ⦁ Doctor of Osteopathy
DOJ ⦁ Department of Justice
ECG ⦁ Electrocardiogram
E/M or E&M ⦁ Evaluation & Management Services
EEG ⦁ Electroencephalogram
EMG ⦁ Electromyogram
FNA ⦁ Fine Needle Aspiration
HCPCS ⦁ Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HLA Human Leukocyte Antigen
IOM ⦁ Internet-Only Manual
IOP ⦁ Intensive outpatient program
IPPB ⦁ Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing
IVP ⦁ Intravenous Pyelogram
LC ⦁ Left Circumflex Coronary Artery
LD ⦁ Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery LT Left Side
MAI MUE ⦁ Adjudication Indicator
MCPM ⦁ Medicare Claims Processing Manual
M.D. ⦁ Medical Doctor
MRA ⦁ Magnetic Resonance Angiography MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MUE ⦁ Medically Unlikely Edit
NCCI ⦁ National Correct Coding Initiative OPPS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System PET Positron Emission Tomography
PSC ⦁ Program Safeguard Contractor
PTP ⦁ Procedure-To-Procedure
RAC ⦁ Recovery Audit Contractor
RC ⦁ Right Coronary Artery
RT ⦁ Right Side
RS&I ⦁ Radiological Supervision and Interpretation SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography SSA Social Security Act
UPIC ⦁ Unified Program Integrity Contractor UOS Units of Service
VAD ⦁ Ventricular Assist Device
WBC ⦁ White Blood Cell
