F - Example Acronyms used in LOINC
Last Updated: 2020-06-04 (10 months ago)
Table 33: Example Acronyms used in LOINC
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AC | Abdominal Circumference |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| AE | Anion Exchange protein |
| AP | Anterio-Posterior |
| APAD | AnteroPosterior Diameter of the Abdomen |
| AUT | Automated Ultrasound Testing |
| B2GP1 | Beta 2 Glycoprotein 1 |
| BD | Binocular Distance |
| BOR | Brachio-Oto-Renal |
| BPC | Biparietal Circumference |
| BPD | Biparietal diameter |
| CD | Cluster of differentiation |
| CDA | Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia |
| CDB | Childhood Disability Benefits |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| CFst | Calorie Fast |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| Cine | Cinematographic |
| CMS | Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services |
| CNR1 | Cannabinoid receptor 1 |
| COC | Commission on Cancer |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
| CRL | Crown-Rump Length |
| CSF | Cerebral spinal fluid |
| CW | Continuous wave |
| CyCD22 | Cytoplasmic CD22 |
| DBG | Donna Bennett-Goodspeed |
| DCIS | Ductal carcinoma in situ |
| DISIDA | Diisopropyliminodiacetic acid |
| DRG | Diagnostic Related Groups |
| DTPA | Diethylenetriamine pentaacetate |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| EBV-LMP | Epstein Barr virus – latent membrane protein |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| EDD | Estimated Delivery Date |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EFW | Estimated Fetal Weight |
| EGD | Esophagogastro duodenoscopy |
| EKG | Electrocardiogram |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Service(s) |
| ENT | Ear, Nose Throat |
| ERCP | Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography |
| FL | Femur Length |
| FLACC | Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability |
| FNA | Fine Needle Aspirates |
| FTA | Fetal Trunk Area |
| GALOP | Gait disorder Autoantibody Late-age Onset Polyneuropathy |
| GSD | Gestational Sac Diameter |
| GSL | Gestational Sac Length |
| HC | Head Circumference |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HIV-SSC | Sign and Symptom Check-List for Persons with HIV Disease |
| HL | Humerus Length |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| HMPAO | Hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime |
| HTLV | Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus |
| HWL | Height Width Length |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICD9 | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision |
| ICD9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
| ICD-O | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology |
| ID | Intradermal |
| INR | International normalized ratio |
| IOD | Inter Ocular Distance |
| KUB | Kidney-Ureter-Bladder |
| LHON | Leber hereditary optic neuropathy |
| LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
| LVOT | Left Ventricular Outflow Tract |
| LW | Landsteiner-Wiener |
| LWT | Length Width Thickness |
| MAA | Microalbumin aggregate albumin |
| MEMS | Medication Event Monitoring System |
| MERSTH | Medical Event Reporting System-Total Health System |
| MIB-1 | Mindbomb homolog 1 |
| MIBG | Metaiodobenzylguanidine |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MLC | Minimum lethal concentration |
| MLO | Mediolateral oblique |
| MMA | Macro aggregate albumin |
| MVV | Maximum Voluntary Ventilation |
| NAACCR | North American Association of Central Cancer Registries |
| Ng | Nasogastric |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier |
| OFD | Occipital-Frontal Diameter |
| O-I BPD | Outer to Inner Biparietal Diameter |
| OmpC | Outer membrane porin of E coli |
| O-O BPD | Outer to Outer Biparietal Diameter |
| O-O TD | Outer to Outer Tympanum Diameter |
| OOD | Outer Orbital Diameter |
| PA | Postero-Anterior |
| PCP | Primary Care Physician |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| PHQ | Patient Health Questionnaire |
| PISA | Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area |
| PSR | Peridontal Screening and Recording |
| PYP | Pyrophosphate |
| QAM | Quality Audit Marker |
| QID | Four times a day |
| RAST | Radioallergosorbent test |
| RFC | Residual Functional Capacity |
| RFLP | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| RUG | Resource Utilization Groups |
| SAB | Streptoavidin-biotin |
| SBT | Sequence based typing |
| SC | Sulphur colloid |
| SCB | Sertoli cell barrier |
| SCL | Scleroderma |
| SEER | Surveillance Epidemiology and End Result |
| TAD | Transverse Abdominal Diameter |
| TC | Thoracic Circumference |
| TCD | Transverse Cerebellar Diameter |
| TD | Transaxial Diameter |
| TEC | Tubingen electric campimetry |
| TID | Three times a day |
| TNM | Tumor, node, metastasis |
| TORCH | Toxoplasma, Rubella. Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus |
| TTD | Transverse Thoracic Diameter |
| TU | Tuberculin Units |
| VTI | Velocity Time Integral |
| VWF | von Willebrand Factor |
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