Ophthalmic Abbreviations

For outsiders, the amount of abbreviations ophthalmologists use can be mystifying. Thankfully, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has put together the following guide for optometrists and PCPs.
Abbreviation	Description
AC ALT APD, RAPD ARMD, AMD ASC	Anterior chamber Argon laser trabeculoplasty (Relative) Afferent pupillary defect Age-related macular degeneration Anterior subcapsular cataract
BDR BRAO BRVO BSCL	Background diabetic retinopathy Branch retinal artery occlusion Branch retinal vein occlusion Bandage soft contact lens
CACG cC CE/IOL CF C_³F_⁸ CL COAG CNVM, CNV CPC CRAO CRS CRVO CSME CSR, CSCR	Chronic angle-closure glaucoma With correction Cataract extraction with intraocular lens implant Count fingers Perfluoropropane (gas) Contact lens Chronic open-angle glaucoma Choroidal neovascular membrane Cyclophotocoagulation Central retinal artery occlusion Chorioretinal scar Central retinal vein occlusion Clinically significant macular edema Central serous (chorio) retinopathy
DCR DES DR DSAEK	Dacryocystorhinostomy Dry eye syndrome Diabetic retinopathy Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
E ECCE EKC EL ERM ET E(T)	Esophoria Extracapsular cataract extraction Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis Endolaser Epiretinal membrane Esotropia Intermittent esotropia
FAX, AFx FTCF	Fluid-air exchange Full to count fingers
HM HSV HVF HZO	Hand motion Herpes simplex virus Humphrey visual field Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
IOL IOP IRMA	Intraocular lens Intraocular pressure Intraretinal microvascular abnormality
KPs	Keratic precipitates
LASIK LHT LP LPI	Laser in situ keratomileusis Left hypertropia Light perception Laser peripheral iridotomy
MA MH MP MR	Microaneurysm Macular hole Membrane peeling or macular pucker Manifest refraction
NLP NPDR NS NVA NVD NVE NVG NVI	No light perception Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy Nuclear sclerosis Neovascularization of the angle Neovascularization at disc Neovascularization elsewhere Neovascular glaucoma Neovascularization of iris (rubeosis iridis)
OD OGR OS OU	Oculus dexter (right eye) Open globe repair Oculus sinister (left eye) Oculus uterque (both eyes)
PACG PAS PC PCO PDR PED PEE PERRL(A) PH PK, PKP POAG POHS PPA PPL PPV PRK PRP PS PSC PTK PVD PVR PXG PXS	Primary angle-closure glaucoma Peripheral anterior synechiae Posterior chamber Posterior capsule opacity Proliferative diabetic retinopathy Pigment epithelial detachment Punctate epithelial erosion Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation Pinhole Penetrating keratoplasty Primary open-angle glaucoma Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome Peripapillary atrophy Pars plana lensectomy Pars plana vitrectomy Photorefractive keratectomy Panretinal photocoagulation Posterior synechiae Posterior subcapsular cataract Phototherapeutic keratectomy Posterior vitreous detachment Proliferative vitreoretinopathy Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
RAPD RD RHT RK ROP RP RPE RRD	Relative afferent pupillary defect Retinal detachment Right hypertropia Radial keratotomy Retinopathy of prematurity Retinitis pigmentosa Retinal pigment epithelium Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
SB sC SF_⁶ SLE SLT SO, SiO SRF SRH	Scleral buckle Without correction Sulfur hexafluoride (gas) Slit-lamp examination Selective laser trabeculoplasty Silicone oil Subretinal fluid Subretinal hemorrhage
TA TBUT TRD	Tonometry by applanation Tear breakup time Tractional retinal detachment
VA VF VH	Visual acuity Visual field Vitreous hemorrhage
X XT X(T)	Exophoria Exotropia Intermittent exotropia
YAG	Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser used in posterior capsule opacity; also referred to as a neodymium (Nd):YAG laser