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- CABG — Coronary artery bypass grafting
- CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
- CAH Critical Access Hospital
- CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
- CAM — Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- CAP — College of American Pathologists, Community Action Program, or Community Access Program
- CARF — Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- CAT — Computerized Axial Tomography
- CBG — Capillary Blood Glucose
- CBO — Congressional Budget Office
- CCA Cost Consequence Analysis
- CCBTI Certified Cognitive Behavioral Training Instructor
- CCHIT — Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
- CCHP Consumer Choice Health Plan
- CCM Certified Case Manager
- CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse
- CCU — Coronary Care Unit
- CCU — Critical Care Unit
- CDA — Clinical Document Architecture
- CDif — Clostridium Difficule
- CDC — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDM — Charge Description Master
- CDR — Clinical Data Repository
- CDR — Chronic Disease Register
- CDU — Clinical Decisions Unit
- CERTs Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics
- CEO Campaign to End Obesity
- CHAMPUS — Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
- CHAMPVA — Civilian Health and Medical Program - Veterans Administration
- CHC — Community Health Center
- CHER — Community Health Education & Resources
- CHHA Certified Home Health Agency
- CHIME — College of Health Information Management Executives
- CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
- CHI Consolidated Health Informatics
- CHMIS Community Health Management Information System
- CHS Certified in Healthcare Security
- CHW — Community health worker
- CICU Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- CIS — Clinical information system
- CLIA — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Act
- CMA — Cost Minimization Analysis
- CME — Continuing Medical Education
- CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
- CMO Career Medical Officer
- CMO — Chief Medical Officer
- CMP Competitive Medical Plan
- CMS — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- CN — Clinical Nurse
- CNA — Certified Nursing Assistant
- CNC — Clinical Nurse Consultant
- CNS — Central Nervous System
- COB Coordination of Benefits
- COBRA — Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- COG — Council of Governments
- COI Cost of Illness Analysis
- COLA — Cost of Living Allowance
- COMPASS Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector (Nigeria)
- CON — Certificate of Need
- CONQUEST Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
- COPC Community Oriented Primary Care
- COPD — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- COTH Council of Teaching Hospitals
- CPA — Certified Public Accountant
- CPHA Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities
- CPI — Consumer Price Index
- CPOE — Computerized Physician Order Entry
- CPOE Computerized Prescription Order Entry
- CPR — Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable
- CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- CPT-4 — Current Procedural Terminology, Forth Edition
- CQuIPS Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
- CRNA — Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- CRVS California Relative Value Studies
- CT — Computerized Tomographic (scanners)
- CCRAS — Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha
- CWSN — children with special needs
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