healthcare
435 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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SNS | Strategic National Stockpile | |
SOB | Short of breath | |
SPECT | Single-photon-emission computerized tomography | |
SSA | Social security administration | |
SSI | Supplemental Security Income | |
START | Simple triage and rapid transport | |
Stat. | Immediately | |
STD | Sexually transmitted disease | |
T&A | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy | |
TB | Tuberculosis | |
Temp. | Temperature | |
TPA | Third-party administrator or third-party administration | |
TQI | Total quality improvement | |
TQM | Total quality management | |
TRHCA | Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 | |
TSA | Transportation Security Administration | |
UB-04 | Uniform Billing Form, modified in 2004 | |
UB-92 | Uniform Billing Form, modified in 1992 | |
UC | Urgi Center | |
UCR | Usual, customary and reasonable (charges) | |
UHL | University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory | |
UR | Utilization review | |
USPHS | United States Public Health Service | |
VA | Veterans Administration | |
VAERS | Vaccine adverse events reporting system | |
VD | Venereal disease | |
VDRL | Serology | |
VFC | Vaccines for Children | |
VHA | Voluntary Hospitals of America | |
VMBIP | Vaccine Management Business Improvement Project | |
WBC | White blood count | |
WHO | World Health Organization | |
WIC | Women and infant children program | |
WMD | Weapon of mass destruction | |
WMD | Weapons of mass destruction |