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Medical Terminology: Abbreviations T-V
Medical abbreviations that begin with T-V are listed here.
Medical Abbreviations
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T
- Abbreviation: T
Meaning: thoracic vertebrae
- Abbreviation: Tx
Meaning: transplantation; traction
- Abbreviation: TA
Meaning: temporal arteritis
- Abbreviation: T&A
Meaning: tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy
- Abbreviation: T&C
Meaning: type and cross-match (see blood transfusion)
- Abbreviation: Tab
Meaning: Tablet (pharmacy)
- Abbreviation: TAB
Meaning: therapeutic abortion
- Abbreviation: TAH
Meaning: total abdominal hysterectomy
- Abbreviation: TAH-BSO
Meaning: total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
- Abbreviation: TAP
Meaning: trypsinogen activation peptide
- Abbreviation: TAPVR
Meaning: total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Abbreviation: TAT
Meaning: thematic apperception test
- Abbreviation: TB
Meaning: tuberculosis
- Abbreviation: TBC
Meaning: tuberculosis; total body crunch
- Abbreviation: TBG
Meaning: thyroid binding globulin
- Abbreviation: TBI
Meaning: to be intubated; total body irradiation; traumatic brain injury
- Abbreviation: TBLC
Meaning: term birth living child
- Abbreviation: TC
Meaning: traffic crash
- Abbreviation: TCA
Meaning: tricyclic antidepressant
- Abbreviation: TCC
Meaning: transitional cell carcinoma
- Abbreviation: TCM
Meaning: traditional Chinese medicine
- Abbreviation: TCN
Meaning: tetracycline
- Abbreviation: TCT
Meaning: thrombin clotting time
- Abbreviation: Td
Meaning: tetanus and diphtheria (combined vaccination)
- Abbreviation: TdP
Meaning: Torsades de pointes
- Abbreviation: t.d.s.
Meaning: three times a day (from Latin ter die sumendus)
- Abbreviation: TdT
Meaning: terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
- Abbreviation: TD
Meaning: tardive dyskinesia
- Abbreviation: TE
Meaning: tracheoesophageal
- Abbreviation: TEB
Meaning: thoracic electrical bioimpedance (see impedance cardiography)
- Abbreviation: TEC
Meaning: transient erythroblastopenia of childhood
- Abbreviation: TEE
Meaning: transesophageal echocardiogram
- Abbreviation: TEF
Meaning: tracheoesophageal fistula
- Abbreviation: TEM
Meaning: transmission electron microscopy
- Abbreviation: Temp
Meaning: temperature
- Abbreviation: TEN
Meaning: toxic epidermal necrolysis
- Abbreviation: TENS
Meaning: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator
- Abbreviation: TERN
Meaning: intern
- Abbreviation: TF
Meaning: transfer
- Abbreviation: T/F
Meaning: transfer
- Abbreviation: TFTs
Meaning: thyroid function tests
- Abbreviation: TGA
Meaning: transposition of the great arteries
- Abbreviation: TG
Meaning: triglycerides
- Abbreviation: Tg
Meaning: thyroglobulin
- Abbreviation: TGF
Meaning: tumor growth factor
- Abbreviation: TGV
Meaning: transposition of the great vessels
- Abbreviation: T&H
Meaning: type and hold (stay ready for blood transfusion)
- Abbreviation: THR
Meaning: total hip replacement
- Abbreviation: TIA
Meaning: transient ischemic attack
- Abbreviation: TIBC
Meaning: total iron binding capacity
- Abbreviation: Tib-Fib
Meaning: tibia and fibula
- Abbreviation: t.i.d.
Meaning: three times a day (from Latin ter in die)
- Abbreviation: TIN
Meaning: tubulointerstitial nephritis
- Abbreviation: TIPS
Meaning: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
- Abbreviation: TKA
Meaning: total knee arthoscopy
- Abbreviation: TKO
Meaning: to keep (vein) open for IV therapy
- Abbreviation: TKR
Meaning: total knee replacement
- Abbreviation: TKVO
Meaning: to keep vein open
- Abbreviation: TLC
Meaning: total lung capacity; tender loving care; total lymphocyte count
- Abbreviation: TLR
Meaning: tonic labyrinthine reflex
- Abbreviation: TM
Meaning: tympanic membrane
- Abbreviation: TMB
Meaning: "too many birthdays" (slang; said of a very frail elderly patient)
- Abbreviation: TME
Meaning: total mesorectal excision
- Abbreviation: TNF
Meaning: tumor necrosis factor
- Abbreviation: TMJ
Meaning: temporomandibular joint
- Abbreviation: TNG
Meaning: trinitroglycerin
- Abbreviation: TNM
Meaning: tumor-nodes-metastases
- Abbreviation: TNTC
Meaning: too numerous to count
- Abbreviation: TOA
Meaning: tuboovarian abscess
- Abbreviation: TOD
Meaning: transoesophageal Doppler
- Abbreviation: TOE
Meaning: transoesophageal echocardiogram
- Abbreviation: TOF
Meaning: tetralogy of Fallot
- Abbreviation: TOP
Meaning: termination of pregnancy
- Abbreviation: TOT
Meaning: transobturator tape
- Abbreviation: TP
Meaning: total protein
- Abbreviation: TPa
Meaning: tissue plasminogen activator
- Abbreviation: TPN
Meaning: total parenteral nutrition
- Abbreviation: TPR
Meaning: temperature, pulse, respiration
- Abbreviation: TR
Meaning: tricuspid regurgitation
- Abbreviation: Tr
Meaning: tincture
- Abbreviation: TRAM
Meaning: transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM flap)
- Abbreviation: TRAP
Meaning: tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
- Abbreviation: TRF
Meaning: transfer (pronounced "turf")
- Abbreviation: TRF'd
Meaning: transferred (pronounced "turfed", as in "We just turfed Mrs Johnson OTD")
- Abbreviation: TRH
Meaning: thyrotropin-releasing hormone
- Abbreviation: TS
Meaning: tricuspid stenosis
- Abbreviation: Tsp
Meaning: teaspoon (5 mL)
- Abbreviation: TSH
Meaning: thyroid stimulating hormone
- Abbreviation: TSHR-Ab
Meaning: thyrotropin-receptor antibody
- Abbreviation: TSI
Meaning: thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin
- Abbreviation: T.S.T.H.
Meaning: too sick to send home
- Abbreviation: TT
Meaning: thrombin time
- Abbreviation: TTE
Meaning: transthoracic echocardiogram
- Abbreviation: TTN
Meaning: transient tachypnea of the newborn
- Abbreviation: TTO
Meaning: to take out (medicines given to patient on discharge from hospital stay)
- Abbreviation: TTP
Meaning: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; tender to palpation
- Abbreviation: TTR
Meaning: transthyretin
- Abbreviation: TTS
Meaning: transdermal therapeutic system
- Abbreviation: TTTS
Meaning: twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
- Abbreviation: Tu
Meaning: tumor
- Abbreviation: TUR
Meaning: transurethral resection
- Abbreviation: TURBT
Meaning: transurethral resection of bladder tumor
- Abbreviation: TURP
Meaning: transurethral resection of the prostate
- Abbreviation: TVH
Meaning: transvaginal hysterectomy
- Abbreviation: TVT
Meaning: tension-free vaginal tape
- Abbreviation: Tx
Meaning: therapy; transplant; treatment
U
- Abbreviation: UOSM
Meaning: urine osmolality
- Abbreviation: UA
Meaning: urinalysis; unstable angina
- Abbreviation: UBT
Meaning: urea breath test
- Abbreviation: UC
Meaning: ulcerative colitis
- Abbreviation: UCHD
Meaning: usual childhood diseases (see list of childhood diseases)
- Abbreviation: UD
Meaning: as directed (from Latin ut dictum)
- Abbreviation: UDS
Meaning: urine drug screening
- Abbreviation: UE
Meaning: upper extremity
- Abbreviation: U&E
Meaning: urea and electrolytes (blood test) (for sodium and potassium, and often creatinine)
- Abbreviation: UIP
Meaning: usual interstitial pneumonitis
- Abbreviation: UGI
Meaning: upper gastrointestinal
- Abbreviation: ULN
Meaning: upper limit of normal
- Abbreviation: UOP
Meaning: urinary output
- Abbreviation: Ung
Meaning: ointment (from Latin unguentum)
- Abbreviation: Unk
Meaning: unknown
- Abbreviation: UPJ
Meaning: ureteropelvic junction (see pyeloplasty)
- Abbreviation: URA
Meaning: unilateral renal agenesis
- Abbreviation: URI
Meaning: upper respiratory infection
- Abbreviation: URTI
Meaning: upper respiratory tract infection
- Abbreviation: US
Meaning: ultrasonogram
- Abbreviation: USG
Meaning: ultrasonogram
- Abbreviation: USO
Meaning: unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
- Abbreviation: USP
Meaning: United States Pharmacopeia
- Abbreviation: USR
Meaning: unheated serum reagin
- Abbreviation: USS
Meaning: ultrasound scan
- Abbreviation: UTI
Meaning: urinary tract infection
- Abbreviation: UUS
Meaning: upper uterine segment
- Abbreviation: UVAL
Meaning: ultraviolet argon laser
V
- Abbreviation: V
Meaning: ventilation
- Abbreviation: VA
Meaning: visual acuity
- Abbreviation: VAD
Meaning: ventricular assist device; vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone
- Abbreviation: Vag
Meaning: vaginal
- Abbreviation: VAMP
Meaning: vesicle-associated membrane protein; vincristine, adriblastine, methylprednisone
- Abbreviation: VAS
Meaning: vibroacoustic stimulation; visual analog scale
- Abbreviation: VB
Meaning: vaginal birth
- Abbreviation: VBAC
Meaning: vaginal birth after caesarean
- Abbreviation: VC
Meaning: vital capacity
- Abbreviation: VCTC
Meaning: voluntary counselling and testing centers (for HIV—government centres in India)
- Abbreviation: vCJD
Meaning: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Abbreviation: VCUG
Meaning: voiding cystourethrogram
- Abbreviation: VD
Meaning: vaginal delivery; venereal disease (outdated name for sexually transmitted disease); volume of distribution
- Abbreviation: VDRF
Meaning: ventilator-dependent respiratory failure
- Abbreviation: VDRL
Meaning: Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory (old test for syphilis)
- Abbreviation: VE
Meaning: vaginal examination (manual examination)
- Abbreviation: VEE
Meaning: Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- Abbreviation: VEB
Meaning: ventricular ectopic beat
- Abbreviation: VF; V-fib
Meaning: ventricular fibrillation
- Abbreviation: VIN
Meaning: vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia
- Abbreviation: VIP
Meaning: vasoactive intestinal peptide
- Abbreviation: VLDL
Meaning: very low density lipoprotein
- Abbreviation: VMA
Meaning: vanillylmandelic acid; violent mechanical asphyxia
- Abbreviation: VNPI
Meaning: Van Nuys prognostic scoring index (for ductal carcinoma)
- Abbreviation: VO
Meaning: verbal order
- Abbreviation: VOD
Meaning: volume of distribution
- Abbreviation: VPA
Meaning: valproic acid
- Abbreviation: VPAP
Meaning: variable positive airway pressure
- Abbreviation: VPB
Meaning: ventricular premature beats (see premature ventricular contraction)
- Abbreviation: VPC (PVC)
Meaning: ventricular premature contraction
- Abbreviation: V/Q
Meaning: ventilation/perfusion scan
- Abbreviation: VRE
Meaning: vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
- Abbreviation: VRSA
Meaning: vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Abbreviation: VS
Meaning: vital signs
- Abbreviation: VSD
Meaning: ventricular septal defect
- Abbreviation: VSR
Meaning: ventricular septal rupture (see myocardial rupture)
- Abbreviation: VSS
Meaning: vital signs stable
- Abbreviation: VT
Meaning: ventricular tachycardia; verotoxin
- Abbreviation: VTE
Meaning: venous thromboembolism
- Abbreviation: VTEC
Meaning: verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, also known as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
- Abbreviation: VUR
Meaning: vesicoureteral reflux
- Abbreviation: VWD
Meaning: ventral wall defect; Von Willebrand disease
- Abbreviation: VWF
Meaning: Von Willebrand factor
- Abbreviation: VZIG
Meaning: varicella zoster immune globulin
- Abbreviation: VZV
Meaning: varicella zoster virus
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Medical Coding
Medical coding is dependent upon a solid understanding of medical terminology.
To be successful and accurate medical coders must have a solid understanding of common medical terms for various reasons which include:
- Reading and understanding medical dictation
- Proper code look up and selection
- Communicating with physicians, insurance companies, and other medical professionals
- Understanding human anatomy
- Appealing claim denials
Abbreviations
Medical abbreviations are used all the time in hospitals, clinics and various health institutions.
Many of these abbreviations are well-known and in use outside medical settings, but different institutions can develop internal abbreviations that aren't generally recognized.
Medical abbreviations are used to save time when diagnosing and writing charts. We've tried to put together an exhaustive list of the ones that are in general use.
Consider Context
If you encounter an abbreviation that could have two or more conflicting meanings, always consider the context.
Consider the abbreviation VD. In one context it's short for venereal disease, although that's really outdated. It's preferable to use STD, or sexually transmitted disease if that's what is meant. But in another setting it stands for volume of distribution which is something else entirely.
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