Medical Terms

Across

2. Lying face upwards
4. Branch of healthcare where a patient receives active but short term treatment for a severe injury or an episode of illness, in urgent medical condition or during recovery from surgery
5. The field of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the musculoskeletal system, particularly the spine, joints and muscles
8. Position when body is erect, palms at the side and forward. Position of reference for all anatomical nomenclature
14. CMS term: System by which hospital received outpatient payment for CMS patients for outpatient procedures
16. A patient who stays in a hospital during medical treatment
18. Concerned with the diagnosis of illness or other problems
19. Pertaining to the back plane of the body
21. A five digit numeric code that is used to describe medical, surgical, radiology, laboratory, anesthesiology, and evaluationmanagement services of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers.
22. Vertical plane dividing the body into the front and back
24. A healthcare facility that specializes in providing surgery, diagnosis and certain pain medications in an outpatient setting
28. Medical treatment facility specializing in the acute care of those who present without prior appointment either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
29. Lying face downwards
32. Horizontal plane section transverse to the axis of the body
33. Involving the introduction of instruments into the body or body cavities
36. Agency within the US department of health and human services responsible for the administration of several key healthcare programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, HIPAA, CILA
37. Identification of an illness or other problem by examination of the systems
38. The branch of medicine and physiology concerned with the function and disorders of the urinary system
39. Of,at, towards or from the sides
40. CMS term: Acronym for the system to classify hospital cases into groups

Down

1. Vertical plane dividing the body into left and back
2. Strategy used to identify the possible presence of an as-yet undiagnosed disease in an individuals without signs or symptoms
3. Independent facility at which radiological services are provided on an outpatient basis
6. Digital version of a paper chart in a clinicians’ office which contains medical and treatment history of a patient
7. The branch of medicine that deals with diseases or abnormalities of the heart
9. A patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital
10. Person or agency paying the bill or satisfying the claim.
11. A system used by physicians and other providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures, recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the US
12. US legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information
13. Federal insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people end-stage renal disease
15. The science dealing with x-rays and other high energy radiation, especially the use of radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of disease
17. Measure of the number of units of particular type of system actually in use
20. The study and treatment of tumors
23. Physician Individual who directed the patient for care at a particular facility that renders the service
25. Pertaining to the middle, toward the middle of the body or an organ
26. Method of payment, usually by a third party payor for medical treatment or hospital costs
27. A walk-in clinic focused on delivery ambulatory care in dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency room.
30. The removal for diagnostic study of a piece tissue from a living body
31. Joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals and families pay for the cost of long-term medical and custodial care
34. Pertaining to the front plane of the body
35. A medical term used to categorize diagnostic imaging methods