What Does HVF Mean in Medical Terms?
HVF stands for Humphrey visual field. Standard automated visual field test.
Humphrey visual field
Standard automated visual field test.
Where you will see HVF
You will most often see HVF in medical charts and clinical notes.
Example
A chart note might use “HVF” as shorthand for Humphrey visual field when documenting a patient's care.
Related abbreviations
- A&O x4 — alert and oriented times four (person place time situation)
- a.m. — ante meridiem (morning)
- A/P — assessment and plan
- AC — anterior chamber (eye)
- ACG — angle-closure glaucoma
- ACIOL — anterior chamber intraocular lens
- ACR — American College of Radiology (appropriateness context)
- acuity — patient acuity (severity level)
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