When using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code book, a note that is printed in italics or bold that helps clarify unique coding situations.
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general office expenses (GOE)
Necessary costs for a managed care plan’s administrative activities and not claims administration costs.
General Operating Expenses
The expenses of an insurer other than commission and taxes.
General Order
Government contract warehouse for the storage of cargoes left unclaimed for ten working days after availability. Unclaimed cargoes are auctioned publicly after one year.
General partners’ liability coverage
A general partner’s management and fiduciary responsibilities to a limited partnership closely parallel the director’s or officer’s to a corporation. Exposure occurs when general partners become the financial managers of a limited partnership. The directors and officers of corporate general partners share this type of exposure.
General Partnership
A business enterprises owned and operated by two or more persons for the purpose of generating business income and profits.
General power of appointment (Estate)
The power of the recipient of a property interest to pass it on to another person of their choosing.
general practitioner (GP)
Family practice physician who gives comprehensive medical care regardless of age of the patient or presence of a condition that may need the services of a specialist. This term has been replaced by the term family practitioner (FP) .
General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR)
1994 A general duty is placed on all suppliers of consumer goods. They must supply products that are safe in normal or reasonably foreseeable use. Safety takes into account factors such as the product’s characteristics, instructions and warnings and the categories of consumers at serious risk when using the product, particularly children. Relevant British or European standards can be taken into account in assessing safety. Breaches are punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. GPSR largely replaces the general safety requirement under Consumer Protection Act 1987 (s.10).
General prohibition
FSMA, s.19, states that no person may carry on a regulated activity in the UK, or purport to do so, unless he is an exempt person or authorised person. Any breach amounts to a criminal offence.