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Hospitals glossary and terms letter "C"
Clinical
Care Coordination
Catastrophic Plan
Children
Claim
COBRA
Co-insurance
Community Rating
Conversion
Cost Sharing
Creditable Coverage
Cafeteria Plan
Call Center
Capital Costs
Capital Expenditure Review
Capital Cost Report
Capitation (Cap, Capped, Capitated)
Capped Fee
Captive Agents
Carrier
Carve-In
Carve-Out
Case Management
Case Manager
Case Mix
Case-Mix Adjustment
Case-Mix Index (CMI)
Case Rate
Case Severity
Catastrophic Coverage for Drugs
Catastrophic Health Insurance
Categorically Needy
CCA
CCN
CCP
CDT
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
CF
Chain of Trust Agreement
CHAMPUS
Charges
CHC
CHIN
Chronic Care or Chronic Case
Churning
Claimant
Claim Form
Claims Administration
Claims Examiners
Claims Investigation
Claims Review
Claim Status Codes
Class Rating
CLIA
Clinical Data Repository
Clinical Decision Support
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Clinical or Critical Pathways
Clinical Practice Guidelines or Management
Clinic Model
Clinic Without Walls (CWW)
Closed Access
Closed Formulary
Closed Panel (HMO or PPO)
Closed Plan
CMA
CMI
CMP
CMS (formerly HCFA)
CMS-1450
CMS-1500
CMS Hearing Officer
COA
COB
COC
Coded Data
Code Set
Coding
COI
Co-Insurance (Coinsurance)
Common Rule
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)
Complaint
Compliance
Compliance Date
Complication
Composite Rate
Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF)
Computer-Based Patient Record (CPR)
CON
Concurrent Review
Confidentiality
Consent
Consolidated Medical Group
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Consumer Health Alliance
Continued Stay Review
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Contract
Contract Year
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
CORF
Corporate Compliance Committee
Corporate Compliance Director
Cost-Benefit Analysis (or Evaluation)
Cost Consequence Analysis (CCA)
Cost Containment
Cost Contract
Cost Effectiveness (Evaluation)
Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA)
Cost of Illness Analysis (COI)
Cost Outlier
Cost Shifting
Cost Utility Analysis
Coverage
Covered Employee
Covered Services
Covered Benefit
Covered Entity
CPR
CPT
CQI
CR and CRC
Credentialing
Credible Coverage
Creditable Prescription Drug Coverage
Critical Access Hospital
Cure Provision
Current Dental Terminology (CDT)
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Custodial Care
Customary Charge
Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable (CPR)
CMS (HCFA)
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Case Management Department
Chaplaincy/Pastoral Care Services
Chemotherapy
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
CT Scanner
Capitation
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Charge Nurse
Chronic Care
Code Blue
Collimated beam
Cerebral
Contracture
Clonus
Cardiomyopathy
Cesarean section
Complications
Congenital heart disease
Congestive heart failure
Cord blood
Cancer
Cardiac
Catheter
Chest
Chest pain
Consultant
Contrast
CT scan
Cure
CHILD LIFE COORDINATOR
CERTIFIED LACTION CONSULTANTS
CHAPLAINs
Clinical Manager
Cardiac-respiratory monitor
Chest physical therapy (Chest PT)
Chest tube
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
Candida
Cannula
Capillaries
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac contusion
Centigrade
Cerebral edema
Chest Tubes
Chest x-ray
Chronic illness
Circulatory system
Closed head injury
Coagulation
Coma
Concussion
Congenital
Contusion
Cross Match
C-spine or Cervical Spine
Culture
Cyanosis
Ca-125 test
Calcification
Calcitonin
Calcium channel blocker
Calculi
Calluses
Complementary & alternative medicine (CAM)
Campylobacter pylori
Cancellous tissue
Candidiasis (also called yeast infection)
Capsular contracture
Capsule
Captioning
Carbohydrates
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Carbuncles
Carcinogen
Carcinoma
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac output
Cardiology
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Cardiovascular
Cardioversion
Caregiver
Carotid artery
Carpenter syndrome
Cartilage, articular
Cast
Cataract
Cathartics
Cavernous hemangioma
Cecostomy
Cecum
Celiac disease (also called celiac sprue or gluten sensitive enteropathy)
Celiac sprue
Cellular pathology (also called cytopathology)
Cellulitis
Central auditory processing disorder
Central nervous system
Cephalohematoma
Cerebellum
Cerebral embolism
Cerebral hemorrhage
Cerebral spinal fluid analysis (also called spinal tap or lumbar puncture)
Cerebral thrombosis
Cerebrovascular
Cerebrovascular accident
Cerebrovascular occlusion
Cerebrum
Cervical dysplasia
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
Cervical spine
Cervicitis
Cervix
Cesarean delivery (also called c-section)
Chemical peeling
Chemical peels
Chemosensory disorders
Chemotherapy (also systemic treatment)
Chickenpox
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Child safety seat
Chlamydial infection
Chlorhydria
Cholangiography
Cholangitis
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystitis
Cholecystography (also called oral cholecystography or gallbladder series)
Cholecystokinin
Cholelithiasis
Cholera
Cholestasis
Cholesteatoma
Cholesterol
Chondroblasts
Chorea
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
Choroid
Chromatography
Chromosomes
Chronic
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Chyme
Ciliary body
Cineangiography
Circumcision
Cirrhosis
Claudication
Cleft lip
Cleft palate
Climacteric (also called perimenopause)
Clinical trials
Clostridium difficile
Coagulation disorders
Coccydynia
Cochlea
Cochlear implant
Cognition
Cold knife cone biopsy
Cold sore
Colectomy
Colic
Colitis
Collagen
Collagen injections
Collagen/fat injectable fillers (also called soft-tissue augmentation)
Collagenous colitis (also called soft-tissue augmentation)
Colon
Colon polyps
Colonic inertia
Colonoscopic polypectomy
Colonoscopy
Colony-stimulating factors
Coloproctectomy
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal transit study
Colostomy
Colostrum
Colposcopy (also called colposcopic biopsy)
Common bile duct
Common bile duct obstruction
Compact tissue
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
Conjunctiva
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Constrict
Contact dermatitis
Continence
Continent ileostomy
Contractions, labor
Contractures
Corn
Cornea
Corneal curvature
Coronal suture
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
Cortex
Corticosteroids (also called glucocorticoids)
Cosmetic plastic surgery (also called aesthetic plastic surgery)
Craniectomy
Craniofacial
Craniosynostosis
Craniotomy
Creeping eruption
Crepitus
Crohn's disease (also called regional enteritis and ileitis)
Crouzon's syndrome
Crown
Crust (also called scab)
Cryosurgery or cryoprostatectomy
Cryothalamotomy
Cryptorchidism
Cryptosporidia
Cryptosporidiosis
Cubital tunnel
Cued speech
Culdocentesis
Cupping
Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
Cyst
Cystic duct
Cystic duct obstruction
Cystitis
Cystocele
Cystometry
Cystoscopy (also called cystourethroscopy)
Cystourethrocele
Cystourethrogram (also called a voiding cystogram)
Cytology
Cytomegalovirus
Chordomas
C-reactive protein
Cancer care team
Cancer cell
Candidiasis (Also called yeast infection.)
Cardiac (heart) arrhythmia
Cardiac echocardiogram (echo)
Cardiopulmonary arrest
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Carrier testing
Cartilage
Caruncle
Catarrhal
Cavernoma
Celiac disease (Also called celiac sprue or gluten sensitive enteropathy.)
Cephalometric x-ray
Cerebellar astrocytomas
Cerebral aneurysm
Cerebral palsy (CP)
Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
Chalazion
Chest pain in children
Chiari malformations
Chickenpox (varicella)
Childhood glaucoma
Choking
Choroid plexus papilloma
Chromosome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
Chronic lung disease (CLD or bronchopulmonary dysplasia)
Chronic pain
Clinical trial
Clinically relevant allele ambiguities
Closed heart surgery
Clostridium difficile (Also known as C. diff or C. difficile.)
Clotting
Clubfoot (also called talipes equinovarus)
CO2 laser
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
Crohn disease
Crossbite
Crossed eyes (strabismus)
Crossmatch
Cryosurgery
Cryptorchidism (undescended testes or UDT)
Cyanotic
Cystic adenomatoid mass of the chest (C-CAM)
Cystic fibrosis
Cystometrogram (CMG)
Cystourethrogram (Also called a voiding cystogram.)
Cytogenetics
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
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