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HIPAA

  • /ˈhɪpə/

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proper noun HIPPA

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis

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@misc{hipaa_2026,
  title = {HIPAA},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hipaa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}