Vocabulary Flashcards
Manifestation
Demonstration of sign, symptom or alteration
Etiology
Cause
What is the Laymans term for pressure ulcers?
Bedsores
What is the postpartum period?
Begins immediately after delivery through six weeks after delivery
What is the perinatal period?
Before birth through the 28th day following birth
What is a sequel?
A chronic condition that is a complication of an acute condition that begins during that acute condition.
What is a closed reduction?
Manipulation of the bone fragments without surgical exposure
What is an open reduction?
Where tissue is dissected and fracture fragments are exposed surgically
What is a pathological fracture?
A fracture caused by disease rather than trauma also known as a spontaneous
Preclude
Prevent from happening, make impossible
What is sepsis?
Whole body inflammation caused by an infection
What is systemic inflammatory response syndrome? (SIRS)
An inflammatory state affecting the whole body frequently a response of the Immune system to an infection it is related to sepsis.
How would you code sepsis when it is present on admission meets the definition of a principal diagnosis?
The systemic infection code 1st (e.g 038.. Or 112.5)followed by 995.91 sepsis or 995.92 severe sepsis.
995.9 can never be the principal diagnosis
Define septic shock:
Sepsis with hypotension
When inpatient coding, what is a principal procedure according to UHDDS?
One performed for definitive treatment (not exploratory or diagnostic) or that was necessary to care for a complication.
What is a significant procedure according to UHDDS?
One that is surgical in nature, here is an aesthetic risk, carries a procedural risk, or require specialized training.
What is the UHDDS definition of a complication?
I conditioner rising during hospitalization which increases the patients length of stay by one day and 75% of cases
What is that UHDDS definition of comorbidity?
Condition present on admission in addition to the principal diagnosis which increases the patients length of stay by one day and 75% of cases
What is UHDDS definition of present on admission or POA?
All conditions that coexist at the time of admission develop subsequently or affect the treatment received and or the links of stay.
What is subjective?
One person’s opinion, biased
What is objective?
Unbiased, considers all views
What is pathophysiology?
The disorder to physiological processes associated with disease or injury
What is necrosis?
The stage of dying a form of cell injury that resulted in premature death of cells
What is the most common type of skin cancer?
Basal cell carcinoma
What is a pneumothorax?
Collection of air or gas in the pleural space that separates the lungs from the chest wall
What is the stape?
The stapes is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other mammals which is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Arthrodesis
Surgical fixation
