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Hospitals glossary and terms letter `C`

Care Coordination

Catastrophic Plan

Community Rating

Creditable Coverage

Capital Expenditure Review

Capital Cost Report

Capitation (Cap, Capped, Capitated)

Case Management

Case-Mix Adjustment

Case-Mix Index (CMI)

Catastrophic Coverage for Drugs

Catastrophic Health Insurance

Categorically Needy

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Certificate of Authority (COA)

Certificate of Coverage (COC)

Certificate of Creditable Coverage

Certificate of Need (CON)

Certified Health Plan

Chain of Trust Agreement

Chronic Care or Chronic Case

Claims Administration

Claims Examiners

Claims Investigation

Claim Status Codes

Clinical Data Repository

Clinical Decision Support

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

Clinical or Critical Pathways

Clinical Practice Guidelines or Management

Clinic Without Walls (CWW)

Closed Formulary

Closed Panel (HMO or PPO)

CMS (formerly HCFA)

CMS Hearing Officer

Co-Insurance (Coinsurance)

Community Care Network (CCN)

Community Health Center (CHC)

Community Health Information Network (CHIN)

Community Rating by Class (CRC); Class Rating

Comorbid Condition

Competitive Bidding

Competitive Medical Plan (CMP)

Compliance Date

Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance

Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF)

Computer-Based Patient Record (CPR)

Concurrent Review

Confidentiality

Consolidated Medical Group

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Consumer Health Alliance

Continued Stay Review

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

Contract Provider

Contributory Program

Conversion Factor (CF)

Conversion Factor Update

Conversion Privilege

Coordinated Care Plans (CCPs)

Coordination of Benefits (COB)

Coordination of Care

Co-Payment, Copayment, Copay

Corporate Compliance Committee

Corporate Compliance Director

Cost-Benefit Analysis (or Evaluation)

Cost Consequence Analysis (CCA)

Cost Containment

Cost Effectiveness (Evaluation)

Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA)

Cost of Illness Analysis (COI)

Cost Utility Analysis

Covered Employee

Covered Services

Covered Benefit

Credible Coverage

Creditable Prescription Drug Coverage

Critical Access Hospital

Current Dental Terminology (CDT)

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

Customary Charge

Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable (CPR)

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Case Management Department

Chaplaincy/Pastoral Care Services

Chiropractic Services

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Community Health Reporting Department

Community Health Status Assessment

Community Health Status Based Service Planning

Community Outreach Department

Complementary Medicine

Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery

Crisis Prevention

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Collimated beam

Cesarean section

Congenital heart disease

Congestive heart failure

CHILD LIFE COORDINATOR

CERTIFIED LACTION CONSULTANTS

Clinical Manager

Cardiac-respiratory monitor

Chest physical therapy (Chest PT)

Complete blood count (CBC)

CAT Scan also known as a CT scan or Computerized Axial Tomography

CBC or Complete Blood Count

CF or Cystic Fibrosis

CNS or Central Nervous System

CO2 or Carbon Dioxide

CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CPT or Chest Physical Therapy

CSF or Cerebrospinal Fluid

CVA or Cerebrovascular Accident

CVL/CVC or Central Venous Line or Catheter

CVP or Central Venous Pressure

Cardiac contusion

Chronic illness

Circulatory system

Closed head injury

C-spine or Cervical Spine

Calcium channel blocker

Complementary & alternative medicine (CAM)

Campylobacter pylori

Cancellous tissue

Candidiasis (also called yeast infection)

Capsular contracture

Carbon monoxide (CO)

Cardiac catheterization

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Carpenter syndrome

Cartilage, articular

Cavernous hemangioma

Celiac disease (also called celiac sprue or gluten sensitive enteropathy)

Cellular pathology (also called cytopathology)

Central auditory processing disorder

Central nervous system

Cephalohematoma

Cerebral embolism

Cerebral hemorrhage

Cerebral spinal fluid analysis (also called spinal tap or lumbar puncture)

Cerebral thrombosis

Cerebrovascular

Cerebrovascular accident

Cerebrovascular occlusion

Cervical dysplasia

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)

Cesarean delivery (also called c-section)

Chemical peeling

Chemosensory disorders

Chemotherapy (also systemic treatment)

Child and adolescent psychiatrist

Child safety seat

Chlamydial infection

Cholangiography

Cholecystectomy

Cholecystography (also called oral cholecystography or gallbladder series)

Cholecystokinin

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

Cineangiography

Climacteric (also called perimenopause)

Clinical trials

Clostridium difficile

Coagulation disorders

Cochlear implant

Cold knife cone biopsy

Collagen injections

Collagen/fat injectable fillers (also called soft-tissue augmentation)

Collagenous colitis (also called soft-tissue augmentation)

Colonic inertia

Colonoscopic polypectomy

Colony-stimulating factors

Coloproctectomy

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal transit study

Colposcopy (also called colposcopic biopsy)

Common bile duct

Common bile duct obstruction

Comparative pathology

Composite resins

Compound fracture

Computed tomography scan (also called a CT or CAT scan.)

Conductive hearing impairment

Cone biopsy (also called conization)

Congenital anomaly

Contact dermatitis

Continent ileostomy

Contractions, labor

Corneal curvature

Coronary arteries

Coronary artery bypass

Coronary artery bypass graft (CAB or CABG)

Coronary artery spasm

Coronary heart disease (also called coronary artery disease)

Coronary occlusion

Coronary thrombosis

Corticosteroids (also called glucocorticoids)

Cosmetic plastic surgery (also called aesthetic plastic surgery)

Craniosynostosis

Creeping eruption

Crohn's disease (also called regional enteritis and ileitis)

Crouzon's syndrome

Crust (also called scab)

Cryosurgery or cryoprostatectomy

Cryothalamotomy

Cryptosporidiosis

Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)

Cystic duct obstruction

Cystoscopy (also called cystourethroscopy)

Cystourethrocele

Cystourethrogram (also called a voiding cystogram)

Cytomegalovirus

C-reactive protein

Cancer care team

Candidiasis (Also called yeast infection.)

Cardiac (heart) arrhythmia

Cardiac echocardiogram (echo)

Cardiopulmonary arrest

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Carrier testing

Celiac disease (Also called celiac sprue or gluten sensitive enteropathy.)

Cephalometric x-ray

Cerebellar astrocytomas

Cerebral aneurysm

Cerebral palsy (CP)

Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)

Chest pain in children

Chiari malformations

Chickenpox (varicella)

Childhood glaucoma

Choroid plexus papilloma

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

Chronic lung disease (CLD or bronchopulmonary dysplasia)

Clinically relevant allele ambiguities

Closed heart surgery

Clostridium difficile (Also known as C. diff or C. difficile.)

Clubfoot (also called talipes equinovarus)

Coarctation of the aorta

Cognitive development

Collateral vessels

Communication disorders

Complementary and alternative medicine

Complex regional pain syndrome

Conduction system

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS)

Congenital cholesteatoma

Congenital hand problems

Congenital muscular torticollis

Congenital varicella syndrome

Conjunctivitis ("pink eye")

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

Convertible safety seat

Corneal abrasion

Corticosteroids

Cranial deformities

Craniopharyngioma

Cri du chat syndrome

Crossed eyes (strabismus)

Cryptorchidism (undescended testes or UDT)

Cystic adenomatoid mass of the chest (C-CAM)

Cystic fibrosis

Cystometrogram (CMG)

Cystourethrogram (Also called a voiding cystogram.)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

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