Crohn’s & Colitis Glossary

Parenteral nutrition

Nutritional supplementation method where nutrients and calories are delivered through an IV directly into your veins.

Peer-to-Peer Review

A scheduled phone conversation during which an ordering physician discusses the need for a procedure or drug with a physician represnting the health insurance company to obtain a prior authorization approval or appeal a previously denied prior authorization.

Perforation

An abnormal opening in the bowel wall that allows bowel contents to escape or leak into another area of the abdomen. This will require immediate surgical intervention.

Perianal

Located around the anus.

Pouchitis

Inflammation of the lining of the J-pouch/ Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (formed from the small intestine).

Pre-Existing Condition

A health problem, like Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, a person has before the date their health insurance starts.

Precision medicine

A form of medicine that uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, diagnose, or treat disease.

Premium

The amount you pay every month for health insurance.

Prescription Drug Coverage

Health insurance that helps pay for prescription drugs.

Prior Authorization

A term that health insurance plans use which require a provider, clinic, hospital, case manager, or patient to apply for and receive approval for certain health care services. This can also be call pre-authorization, pre-approval, or prior approval.