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A collection of verbatim terms (VTs) grouped together for the purpose of medical coding. Each batch is created to streamline the coding process, allowing multiple VTs to be processed simultaneously.

A feature designed to prevent the occurrence of conscious or unconscious bias in the conduct of clinical trials (performance bias) and interpretation of outcomes (ascertainment bias) by concealing the specific study intervention used.

Blinding is a procedure in which one or more parties in a clinical study are kept unaware of which treatment is received by a particular subject or what are the results of that treatment.