Procedure codes 99238 and 99239 indicate the provider takes full responsibility for the patient’s entire hospital stay.
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Discharge of Cargo at a Port of Distress
The intention behind marine insurance contracts is to cover the discharge of insured cargo at a port of distress.
The latter term refers to any port, short of destination and within sight of the intended port of discharge, at which the carrier discharges the cargo because the ship has encountered problems that prevent her from continuing the transit of the goods.
When the cargo arrives at its destination, it may be difficult to determine whether the forced discharge caused the loss or damage.
For example, it could have occurred during reloading, onward carriage, or unloading at the final port of discharge. Evidence must demonstrate that the loss or damage is reasonably attributed to discharge at the port of distress.
Discharge plan
Projected treatment plan by the primary care physician or discharging provider for the patient involving subsequent health care after formal release from the hospital as an inpatient. This may include home care, transfer to another facility, postoperative follow-up office visit, medication administration, and so on. Discharge plans are a requirement of the Medicare program and The Joint Commission for all hospital patients. Also called discharge planning .
Discharge planning
See: discharge plan .
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Determining what the patient’s medical needs will be after discharge from a hospital or other inpatient treatment.
Discharge planning (Health Insurance)
Conceiving a plan to treat the patient’s medical requirements after he or she is released from inpatient treatment.
Discharge provision
Clause in an insurance contract about a small estates law that releases an insurance company from liability if it pays the proceeds to the deceased insured’s estate.
Discharge status
1. Disposition of the patient at the time of hospital discharge. This may be documented as patient left against medical advice, patient released to home, patient transferred to a skilled nursing facility or acute care hospital, or patient expired. 2. The patient discharge status is entered in Field 17 of the Uniform Bill (UB-04) inpatient hospital billing claim form.
Discharge summary
Report prepared by the patient’s attending physician at the conclusion of a patient’s hospital stay that summarizes the diagnosis, treatment, and results and outlines any further treatment after discharge. Also see abstract and discharge plan .
Discharge transfer
Formal reassignment of an inpatient to another facility for further health care.
discharged—not final billed (DNFB) balance
Financial account balances of patients’ records that remain uncoded after the bill-hold period expires or claims that have not passed the edits and have not yet been corrected.