Ch 9: Terms Flashcards
Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings NEC, and Z Codes
1
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Prophylactic
A
Medication or treatment used to prevent a disease from occurring
2
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Screening examination
A
One that occurs in the absence of any signs or symptoms. It involves examination of an asymptomatic individual to detect a given disease, typically by means of an inexpensive diagnostic test
3
Q
Sign
A
Objective evidence of a disease or of a patient’s condition as perceived by the patient’s examining physician
4
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Symptom
A
Subjective evidence of a disease or of a patient’s condition as perceived by the patient
