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| not entering the body cavity |
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| refers to a hospital setting in which the patients are in the hospital during the day and return to their homes in the evenings and on weekends |
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| a physician that specializes in psychiatry |
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| process of giving a person self-information |
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| entering the body cavity, breaking the skin |
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| the cleansing of the blood of waste products when it is not possible for the body to perform the the cleansing function adequately on its own |
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| the routing of blood and its waste products to the outside of the body where it is filtered |
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| National Physician Fee Schedule- |
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| produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which lists all HCPCS and CPT codes along with the amount allocated for each service and the covered/noncovered status of each service |
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| identifies the drugs administered and the amounts or dosages given. This directs the user to the appropriate drug titles and the corresponding codes. |
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| radiographic recording of the heart or heart walls or surrounding tissue |
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| Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
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| the measurement of the brain waves during sleep but with the added feature of recording the various stages of sleep |
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| not a physician but a qualified specialist in psychiatry |
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| Durable Medical Equipment (DME)- |
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| equiptment used by the patient with a chronic disabling condition, and the term also includes some equipment used only temporarily until the patient has healed |
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| movement of the eyes to objects moving in the visual field |
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| cornia and sclera of the eye |
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| moving backward or against the usual direction of flow |
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| (earwax)lubricates and protects the ear |
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| the continued spread of infection to one of the mastoid bones |
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| a spiral-shaped bony structure containing the cochlear duct |
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| narrow tune between the miiddle ear and the throat that serves to equalize pressure on bith sides of the eardrum |
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| study of hearing disorders |
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| the inner ear; made up of the vestibule, cochlea,and semicircular canals |
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| pertaining to the eardrum |
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| sensation of instability and loss of equalibrium |
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| eardrum, tympanic membrane |
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| acts as a protective covering of the exposed surface of the eyeballand helps keep the eyelid and eyeball moist |
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| sexually transmitted diseases |
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| argon laser trabeculoplasty |
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| a group of eye disease characterized by increased intraocular pressure (IOP) |
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| agents used to dilate the pupil |
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| any disease of the retina |
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| prolapse, drooping, sagging,falling dawn |
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