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55 plain-English navigation terms beginning with M. These entries explain administrative and care routes, not diagnosis or treatment.
55 terms beginning with M · All letters
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Manual medical-insurance reimbursementA document-based claim route available only for qualifying circumstances under the responsible scheme; a self-paid bill is not automatically reimbursable.Maternal-and-child health institution pediatric serviceA pediatric or child-health service operated by a maternal-and-child health institution, kept separate from maternity, newborn-document and ordinary vaccination administration.Maternity allowanceA social-insurance cash benefit administered under the controlling local rules; eligibility, calculation, application, payee and timing are not established by a hospital bill alone.Maternity hospitalThe exact licensed institution and campus used for a maternity-care route; confirm its department, booking channel and current acceptance process directly.Maternity medical expensesThe locally defined medical-expense part of maternity-insurance benefits, kept separate from a maternity allowance, commercial-insurance claim and any patient-specific clinical decision.Maternity-benefit application fileThe identity, participation, event, provider, expense and employer records requested for a defined maternity-insurance task; one file may not satisfy both reimbursement and allowance routes.Maternity-insurance designated providerA provider or service route accepted under the responsible local maternity-insurance rules; designation does not guarantee that every campus, service or charge will settle.Maternity-insurance direct settlementA hospital transaction that records eligible maternity medical expenses and the applicable fund and patient shares; it is separate from a maternity-allowance application.Maternity-insurance identity continuityThe traceable connection between the participant's employer, social-insurance, medical-security, hospital and identity records after a passport or personal-data change.Maternity-insurance manual reimbursementA locally permitted document-based route for qualifying maternity medical expenses that did not settle directly; self-payment does not make a bill automatically reimbursable.Maternity-insurance participationThe employer and authority record showing participation in the applicable maternity-insurance scheme; lawful employment, a work permit or one payroll line does not establish every benefit condition by itself.Maternity-insurance pooling areaThe local jurisdiction controlling specified maternity-insurance participation, benefit and application rules; a move between cities may change the responsible process.Mediation judicial confirmationThe court process through which parties may seek confirmation of an eligible people's mediation agreement; it is separate from the mediation agreement itself and needs case-specific advice.Medical care worker (医疗护理员)A trained worker who may assist with defined daily-living care under medical-staff direction and must not replace nurses or clinicians in professional technical work.Medical certificateA provider-issued document based on an actual visit and the institution's document rules; recipient acceptance must be confirmed separately.Medical certificate for sick leaveA provider-issued document grounded in an actual visit and medical record; the employer separately controls its lawful submission and absence-record process.Medical Certificate of BirthThe official certificate recording the birth facts stated by the issuing institution; it does not by itself decide nationality, citizenship, passport or immigration status.Medical ChineseChinese characters and pinyin for hospital administration, with a clear boundary around clinical communication.Medical consentThe decision recorded after the responsible medical personnel explain the proposed intervention, material risks and alternatives through the applicable patient, representative or emergency route.Medical disputeA disagreement connected with diagnosis or treatment that may require a formal dispute-resolution route rather than only a service complaint.Medical escortA clinician or other qualified support person arranged for a defined journey; the role and carrier acceptance must be confirmed for that transport.Medical imagingA provider-controlled diagnostic service such as radiography, CT, MRI or ultrasound; the responsible clinical team chooses the patient-specific route.Medical institution licenceThe registered or filed authority for an exact medical institution and location; a search result is evidence to verify, not a quality ranking or final enforcement finding.Medical insurance electronic credentialAn official digital credential used in eligible basic-insurance service and settlement routes; activation does not itself prove active entitlement or coverage for a specific charge.Medical insurance relationship transferThe basic medical-insurance process used when an eligible participant moves across pooling areas; a new employer or city name alone does not prove a transfer is required.Medical interpreterLanguage support arranged for the exact clinical task; it is different from a booking agent or informal companion.Medical privacyProtection of health and identity information, including task-limited access, secure sharing and a documented response when records are exposed or misdirected.Medical recordVisit, test, prescription, admission and discharge information held on paper or electronically.Medical-accident technical appraisalThe technical-appraisal process under the medical-accident administrative framework, which must not be treated as identical to medical-damage or court-managed judicial appraisal.Medical-damage appraisalA commissioned appraisal of defined specialized questions such as medical damage, fault, causation and degree of responsibility within a mediation, administrative or court process.Medical-damage civil claimA civil court claim concerning alleged damage from diagnosis or treatment, with parties, evidence, appraisal, limitation and relief controlled by law and the competent court.Medical-dispute administrative mediationMediation requested from the county-level health authority for the place where the medical dispute occurred, subject to acceptance and conflicts with other pending routes.Medical-dispute evidence fileA private, source-labelled chronology and document inventory that preserves originals, separates observations from inferences and records every official submission without deciding fault.Medical-dispute negotiationVoluntary, lawful and equal direct discussion between the parties in an orderly setting, with any agreement recorded in writing and kept separate from mediation or litigation.Medical-dispute people's mediationFree specialist mediation by a medical-dispute people's mediation committee on a voluntary basis, subject to intake rules, other pending routes and the applicable local implementation.Medical-insurance identity changeThe formal correction or update of the identity fields attached to a participant's insurance record; it is separate from replacing a social-security card or changing a hospital patient record.Medical-insurance personal account device purchaseUse of an employee medical-insurance personal-account balance for an eligible device on a current provincial white list at a designated pharmacy; it is not pooled-fund reimbursement.Medical-period calculationThe service-history and absence-ledger calculation used to identify the applicable statutory medical period and accumulation window; an individual result requires verified records.Medical-record addendumA dated, attributable addition used by the responsible provider where its record rules permit; it preserves rather than silently replaces the record history.Medical-record agentA person authorized to request or collect the named patient's record set with the identity and authorization evidence required by the record-holding institution.Medical-record copy requestA request by the patient or authorized person for named record items through the medical institution's designated records process.Medical-record sealingA dispute-specific preservation process carried out with both sides present, an identified package and a signed or sealed inventory; it is distinct from requesting a record copy.Medication listA current list of medicine names and details to bring to a visit for clinician review.Medicine approval numberAn official medicine-package field that can be checked through the regulator's query route.Medicine-delivery traceabilityThe linked prescription, seller, order, delivery and receipt records supporting review of an online medicine transaction without proving product authenticity, storage quality or suitability.Mental-health appointmentA booking tied to the exact legal institution, campus, department, patient identity, communication route and expected service rather than a general promise of care.Mental-health complaint routeThe accountable institution's published process for a documented service, record, privacy or charge concern, kept separate from emergency care and a formal medical dispute.Mental-health continuity handoffA receiving-provider pack connecting the patient identity, prior institution, records, medicine evidence, current instructions and next appointment without deciding treatment.Mental-health medical recordThe accountable medical institution's formal record of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment activity, subject to the specific statutory retention, access and confidentiality framework.Mental-health service price itemA locally implemented medical-service charge based on the national price-project framework; it is not one nationwide patient tariff or automatic insurance entitlement.Mental-health work or school documentProvider-issued evidence requested for a defined recipient and purpose, kept separate from the employer's leave decision, school's support decision and any broader record disclosure.Minor guardian documentsThe child's and adult's identity, relationship and authority evidence requested for the exact hospital task, with foreign-issued documents and disputed authority checked case by case.Missing test resultAn expected laboratory, imaging or other report that cannot yet be located in the verified provider route; absence from a portal does not mean a normal result.Multidisciplinary clinic (MDT)An institution-organized clinic led by a named service with participating disciplines; it is not simply several unrelated appointments.Mutual-recognition scopeThe national or named regional scope printed with an eligible HR result; item, institution, reference period and current care need must also be checked.
Need the complete adult-vaccination or travel-health route?
The adult vaccination and travel health center separates clinic access, domestic records, International Travel Health Care Centers, ICVPs, border checks, destination requirements and outbound medical forms. It does not recommend a vaccine or confirm one journey’s live requirement.
Need the complete diagnostic-service route?
The diagnostic tests, imaging and pathology center connects provider checks, orders, identity, costs, reports, image data, pathology material and clinician-led follow-up. It does not choose a test or interpret a result.
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This index explains administrative terms and care routes. For symptoms, diagnosis or treatment, contact a qualified healthcare professional; a glossary entry cannot replace clinical advice.