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30 cards covering word parts, bleeding terms, PALM-COEIN and ICD-10-CM codes. Click or tap the card (or press space) to flip it, and use the arrow keys to move between cards.
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- metr/o
- uterus
- men/o
- month; menstruation
- -rrhagia
- bursting forth; excessive flow (usually of blood)
- -rrhea
- flow; discharge
- -rrhaphy
- surgical suturing
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- hyster/o
- uterus
- colp/o
- vagina
- oophor/o
- ovary
- salping/o
- fallopian tube
- Metrorrhagia
- Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, especially between expected periods. ICD-10-CM N92.1.
- Menorrhagia
- Heavy and/or prolonged menstrual bleeding with a regular cycle. ICD-10-CM N92.0. FIGO: heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Menometrorrhagia
- Heavy or prolonged bleeding that is also irregular, occurring during and between periods. ICD-10-CM N92.1.
- Polymenorrhea
- Abnormally frequent menstruation (FIGO: frequent, cycle under 24 days).
- Oligomenorrhea
- Infrequent menstruation (FIGO: cycle over 38 days).
- Amenorrhea
- Absence of menstruation.
- Dysmenorrhea
- Painful menstruation.
- Hypomenorrhea
- Scanty menstrual flow.
- Intermenstrual bleeding (IMB)
- FIGO term for bleeding between clearly defined periods; replaces metrorrhagia.
- AUB
- Abnormal uterine bleeding: bleeding abnormal in frequency, regularity, duration or volume, or occurring between periods.
- PALM
- Structural causes of AUB: Polyp, Adenomyosis, Leiomyoma, Malignancy & hyperplasia.
- COEIN
- Non-structural causes of AUB: Coagulopathy, Ovulatory dysfunction, Endometrial, Iatrogenic, Not otherwise classified.
- N92.1
- Excessive and frequent menstruation with irregular cycle (includes metrorrhagia, menometrorrhagia).
- N92.0
- Excessive and frequent menstruation with regular cycle (menorrhagia NOS, polymenorrhea).
- N92.3
- Ovulation bleeding (regular intermenstrual bleeding).
- N92.4
- Excessive bleeding in the premenopausal period (incl. perimenopausal metrorrhagia).
- N93.0
- Postcoital and contact bleeding.
- N95.0
- Postmenopausal bleeding.
- Endometrium
- endo- (within) + metri/o (uterus) + -um: the inner lining of the uterus.
- Leiomyoma
- A benign smooth-muscle tumour of the uterus (fibroid). The "L" in PALM.
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