20 CAR pt. 54, Appendix C
ACRONYM LISTING
| ACRONYM | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| ADH | Arkansas Department of Health |
| ASCII | PC Text File |
| CAH | Critical Access Hospital |
| CAPD | Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis |
| CCPD | Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis |
| CD | Compact Disk |
| COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
| CPT | Current Procedural Technology |
| CR | Carriage-return |
| CT | Computer Tomographic |
| DAT | PC Text File |
| DCN | Document Control Number |
| DME | Durable Medical Equipment |
| DRG | Diagnosis Related Group |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EIN | Employer Identification Number |
| EKG/ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| EPO | Erythropoetin alpha or Darbepoetin alpha |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCPCS | HCFA Common Procedural Coding System |
| HDDS | Hospital Discharge Data System |
| HH | Home Health |
| HHA | Home Health Agency |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICF | Intermediate Care Facility |
| IRF | Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
| LF | Line-feed |
| LTCH | Long Term Care Hospital |
| MDC | Major Diagnostic Categories |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier |
| NUBC | National Uniform Billing Committee |
| PPS | Perspective Payment System |
| QTR | Quarter |
| RTC | Residential Treatment Center |
| SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility |
| TIN | Tax Identification Number |
| TOB | Type of Bill |
| TXT | Text |
| UB | Uniform Billing |
|---|---|
| UPIN | Universal Physician Identification Number |
| ZIP | Compressed file |