|
Level
|
Code
|
Display
|
Definition
|
| 1 |
AC
|
AC |
before meal (from lat. ante cibus)
|
| 1 |
ACD
|
ACD |
before lunch (from lat. ante cibus diurnus)
|
| 1 |
ACM
|
ACM |
before breakfast (from lat. ante cibus matutinus)
|
| 1 |
ACV
|
ACV |
before dinner (from lat. ante cibus vespertinus)
|
| 1 |
C
|
C |
Description: meal (from lat. ante cibus)
|
| 2 |
CD
|
CD |
Description: lunch (from lat. cibus diurnus)
|
| 2 |
CM
|
CM |
Description: breakfast (from lat. cibus matutinus)
|
| 2 |
CV
|
CV |
Description: dinner (from lat. cibus vespertinus)
|
| 1 |
HS
|
HS |
Description: Prior to beginning a regular period of extended sleep (this would exclude naps). Note that this might occur at different times of day depending on a person's regular sleep schedule.
|
| 1 |
IC
|
IC |
between meals (from lat. inter cibus)
|
| 1 |
ICD
|
ICD |
between lunch and dinner
|
| 1 |
ICM
|
ICM |
between breakfast and lunch
|
| 1 |
ICV
|
ICV |
between dinner and the hour of sleep
|
| 1 |
PC
|
PC |
after meal (from lat. post cibus)
|
| 1 |
PCD
|
PCD |
after lunch (from lat. post cibus diurnus)
|
| 1 |
PCM
|
PCM |
after breakfast (from lat. post cibus matutinus)
|
| 1 |
PCV
|
PCV |
after dinner (from lat. post cibus vespertinus)
|
| 1 |
WAKE
|
WAKE |
Description: Upon waking up from a regular period of sleep, in order to start regular activities (this would exclude waking up from a nap or temporarily waking up during a period of sleep)
Usage Notes: e.g.
Take pulse rate on waking in management of thyrotoxicosis.
Take BP on waking in management of hypertension
Take basal body temperature on waking in establishing date of ovulation
|