Chapter 13 Vocabulary

4. Progressive loss of transparency of the lens of the eye.
5. Software that will apply diagnostic or procedure codes to medical conditions or procedures.
6. To make repayment for an expense or a loss incurred.
8. Collecting important information from the health record.
11. Advanced hypothyroidism in adulthood.
12. An abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
15. Pertaining to the study of body tissues.
16. A document used to capture the services/procedures and diagnoses for a patient visit. The fees for the services/procedures are usually included on the encounter form.
17. The study of the causes or origin of diseases.
18. Determining the cause of a condition, illness, disease, injury, or congenital defect.
19. The relative frequency of deaths in a specific population.

1. The quality or state of being specific.
2. Information about a patient's diagnosis or diagnoses that has been taken from the medical documentation.
3. A term used in the diagnosis of a condition that can be imminently threatening. For example, a patient showing signs of prediabetes may in the near future develop diabetes; therefore, in this case, diabetes is an impending condition.
7. The branch of medicine dealing with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population. It also involves the prevalence of disease in large populations, in addition to detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease.
9. To specify that an agent or procedure should not be used.
10. Accepted healthcare services that are appropriate for the evaluation and treatment of a disease, condition, illness or injury and are consistent with the applicable standard of care.
13. A mental disorder in which the individual experiences a progressive loss of memory, personality alterations, confusion, loss of touch with reality, and stupor (seeming unawareness of, and disconnection with, one's surroundings).
14. Developing slowly and lasting for a long time, generally 3 or more months.