Chapter 6 Acronym Drill

Question 1

The ______ is usually the first physician a patient sees when he experiences a new illness or medical condition and for regular checkups.

Answer 1

PCP

Question 2

A ______ is imaging that creates an image of the body or function of an organ using a ______ scan with a radioactive tracer.

Answer 2

PET, CT

Question 3

An ______ or ______ tests for problems with the electrical activity of the heart.

Answer 3

EKG or ECG

Question 4

The ______ cares for preterm babies.

Answer 4

NICU

Question 5

The ______ provides general care for adult patients in a hospital.

Answer 5

MED/SURG

Question 6

The ______ cares for patients leaving the OR as the anesthesia wears off.

Answer 6

PACU

Question 7

The ______ is a code assigned to each drug used by the FDA to maintain a list of drugs being produced.

Answer 7

NDCID

Question 8

______ codes justify billing the ______ codes.

Answer 8

ICD-10, CPT

Question 9

______ technology translates several ways to describe the same medical term into a single code.

Answer 9

SNOMED-CT

Question 10

Every ______ message contains an ______ segment that contains information about the message type and date/time stamp.

Answer 10

HL7, MSH