Tier 2 Abbreviations (common)

from High Yield Ophthalmic Abbreviations in The Ophthalmic Scribe Manual by Parker J Williams

ACG

Angle-Closure Glaucoma

ACIOL

Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens

AS

Atropine Sulfate

BCL

Bandage Contact Lens

BCVA

Best Corrected Visual Acuity

BLL

Both lower lids

BRAO

Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion

BRVO

Branch retinal Vein Occlusion

B-Scan

Brightness scan (ultrasound)

BUL

Both upper lids

CACG

Chronic Angle-Closure Glaucoma

CCT

Central Corneal Thickness

CLR

Corneal Light reflect

CNV

Choroidal Neovascularization

CRAO

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

CRS

Chorioretinal Scar

CRVO

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

CSR

Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

CXL

Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking

DBH

Dot and Blot Hemorrhages

DR

Diabetic retinopathy

ERD

Exudative Retinal Detachment

ERM

Epiretinal Membrane

ET

Esotropia

FAF

Fundus Autofluorescence

FB

Foreign Body

FTMH

Full-thickness macular hole

HST

Horseshoe Tear

HSV

Herpes Simplex virus

Ht

Hypertropia

ICG

Indocyanine Green Angiography

IVK

Intravitreal Kenalog

IVL

Intravitreal Lucentis

IVT

Intravitreal Triesence

KP

Keratic Precipitates

L

left (lids and motility)

LL

lower lid

MA

Microaneurysm

MCE

Microcystic edema

MH

Macular Hole

MRD

Margin Reflex Distance

NPDR

Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

NV

Neovascularization

NVA

Neovascularization of the Angle

NVD

Neovascularization of the Disc

NVE

Neovascularization Elsewhere

NVG

Neovascular Glaucoma

NVI

Neovascularization of the Iris

NVK

Neovascularization of the Cornea

PAS

Peripheral Anterior Synechiae

PCO

Posterior Capsule Opacification

PDR

Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

PED

Pigment Epithelial Detachment

PPA

Peripapillary Atrophy

PS

Posterior Synechiae

PVR

Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

R

right (lids and motility)

RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis

RGP

Rigid Gas Permeable (CLs)

RNFL

Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer

RPE

Retinal Pigment Epitelium

RRD

Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

SCL

Soft contact lens

SRH

Subretinal Hemorrhage

TRD

Tractional Retinal Detachment

UL

Upper lid

ung

ointment (latin)

VEGF

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

VH

Vitreous Hemorrhage

XT

Exotropia