Only Those Abbreviations Appropriate to the Rehabilitation Department Are Included

ABBREVIATION LIST

POLICY:

Only those abbreviations appropriate to the rehabilitation department are included.

PURPOSE:

The abbreviation list serves as a legend for approved abbreviation terminology that can be used in rehabilitation documentation.

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MEDICAL/THERAPY ABBREVIATIONS

A (with circle) Assistance

AAROM Active Assistive Range of Motion

A.B.C.D. Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders of Dementia

AC Acromioclavicular

ADA American Diabetes Association

ADL Activities of Daily Living

AE Adaptive Equipment

AFO Ankle Foot Orthosis

AKA Above Knee Amputation

A.L.D. Assistive Listening Device

ALPS Aphasia Language Performance Scale

A-P Anterior-Posterior

A.R. Aural Rehabilitation

AROM Active Range of Motion

A.S.A. Acetylsalicylic Acid (aspirin)

ASHD Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

a (with a line over) before

abd Abduction

add Adduction

amb Ambulation

amt Amount

ant Anterior

asp aspiration

aug augmentative

B (bilateral) Bilateral