Cert
Comprehensive error testing rate
Cpt
Current procedural terminology. The amas list of 5 digit codes used to report outpatient hospital and
... [Show More] Physicians Medical and surgical services. CPT is used to report outpatient or Physician Office claims only and is updated annually in January.
Hac
Hospital-acquired conditions are defined as for discharges occurring on or after October one 2008 ipps hospitals will not receive additional payment for cases when one of the selected conditions is acquired during hospitalization. In such cases payment will not be driven Higher by the secondary diagnosis if it is identified as an h a c.
Qio
An organization responsible for determining whether care and services provided were medically necessary and meet Professional Standards regarding eligibility for reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Rom
The anticipated likelihood of dying
Soi
Severity of illness supportive documentation reflecting objective clinical indicators of a patient illness and the extent of physiologic decompensation or loss of organ system function.
Wbc
Normal range for WBC is 5 to 10 mm 3. The critical value for this lab value is less than 2.5 or greater than 30.
Hgb
Hemoglobin for males normal range is 14 through 18 for females normal range is 12 through 16.
Hct
Hematocrit normal range for males is 42 to 52. Normal range for females is 37 to 47.
Platelets
Normal range 150000 to 450000 mm 3
Cardiac markers include
CPK normal value 25 to 200. C K - MB normal value less than 12 if total CK less than 400. Troponin normal value less than 0.4. BNP normal value less than 100. However in patients with chronic renal failure or heart failure Base Line levels will be higher.
Blood chemistry normal values
Sodium 1:36 to 1:45. Chloride 98 through 106. Potassium 3.525. Carbon dioxide 23 to 30. Calcium 8.5 to 10.5. BUN 7 to 20. Creatinine 0.5 to 1.5. glucose 8220. Hemoglobin A1c less than six. Ammonia 10 to 40 amylase 25 to 150. Lipase 0 to 1:40. Albumin 3.5 to 5. [Show Less]