Medical Abbreviations By: Shreya Kodati and Kavya Thakkar
(D)... Dental Assistant or Dopamine DA: Dilation and curettage D&C: Discharge OR Discontinue Department DA: D&C: D/C or dc : Dept:
(D) continued... DDS: DMD: DHHS: Diff: Doctor of Dental Surgery-( old meaning heals with instruments);today same as DMD Doctor of Dental Medicine-(old meaning heals with medicines); today same as DDS Department of Health and Human Services Differential
(D) continued... DD: DJD : DKA: DM: Differential Diagnosis Degenerative Joint Disease Diabetic Ketoacidosis Diabetes Mellitus
(D) continued... DNI: Do Not Intubate DNR: DOA: DOB: Do Not Intubate Do not Resuscitate/ DO NOT RESUSCITATE Date of Admissions or Dead on Arrival Date of Birth
(D) continued... Dr.: Doctor Drg or drg: Dressing DRG: DTR: Doctor Dressing Disease Related Group (Used in coding and billing) Deep Tendon Reflex
(D) continued... DT or DTs: Delirium Tremens DVM: DVT: Dx: Delirium Tremens Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Deep Vein Thrombosis Diagnosis
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