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Charting Abbreviations
This webpage serves as a reference guide for common medical abbreviations used in healthcare settings. Understanding these abbreviations is essential for efficient and accurate communication in medical records, patient care, and healthcare documentation. This chart will help you decode and utilize these abbreviations effectively.
Definition
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Abbreviation
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Activities of daily living
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ADL
|
Advanced/basic life support
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ALS/BLS
|
Against medical advice
|
AMA
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Alert and oriented
|
A&O
|
Beats per minute
|
BPM
|
Bowel movement
|
BM
|
cardiovascular
|
CV
|
Chest pain
|
CP
|
Chief complaint
|
CC
|
Complaint of
|
c/o
|
Date of birth
|
DOB
|
diagnosis
|
Dx
|
Differential diagnosis
|
DDx
|
Discharge or discontinue
|
D/C
|
Do not resuscitate
|
DNR
|
due to
|
d/t
|
Dyspnea on exertion
|
DOE
|
Estimated blood loss
|
EBL
|
follow up
|
f/u
|
Foreign body
|
FB
|
Fracture
|
Fx
|
gastrointestinal
|
GI
|
Gunshot wound
|
GSW
|
History and physical
|
H&P
|
History of
|
h/o
|
History of present illness
|
HPI
|
Ideal body weight
|
IBW
|
immediately
|
STAT
|
Infectious disease
|
ID
|
Input and output
|
I&O
|
Keep vein open (IV fluids)
|
KVO
|
level of consciousness
|
LOC
|
Medical decision making
|
MDM
|
Motor vehicle accident
|
MVA
|
No acute distress
|
NAD
|
No known allergies
|
NKA
|
No known drug allergies
|
NKDA
|
post op day
|
POD
|
range of motion
|
ROM
|
related to
|
r/t
|
Review of symptoms
|
ROS
|
Risk factors
|
RF
|
Room Air
|
RA
|
rule out
|
r/o
|
Shortness of breath
|
SOB
|
signs and symptoms
|
S/S
|
Status post
|
s/p
|
surgery
|
Sx
|
symptoms
|
sx
|
treatment
|
Tx
|
Urine output
|
UOP
|
wheel chair
|
WC
|
Within normal limits
|
WNL
|
workup
|
w/u
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