Cross-reference phrase used in ICD-9-CM that is an instruction note found in the Alphabetic Index to Diseases. It instructs the coder to refer to a main term for the condition.
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See/see also
Cross-reference word/phrase used in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) that directs the coder to look at other sections or codes.
Seen
Annotation by an insurer on a slip or other document submitted for his information to show that a matter has been brought to his attention.
SEER Medicare database
Data that link the clinical data collected by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries with insurance claims for health services collected by Medicare for its beneficiaries.
SEER program
Acronym for Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results that is a program of the National Cancer Institute. It is the most authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. Website: http://seer.cancer.gov .
Segment
Under HIPAA, a collection of interrelated data elements in a batch of claims (transaction) that are to be electronically transmitted.
Segmentation
1. Act of creating a group health benefits program for coverage to a limited number of eligible employees or to give different types of benefits to different categories of workers (e.g., exempt or nonexempt, union or nonunion, hourly or salaried). 2. Act of an insurance company dividing its general account investments into separate parts that match each of the insurer’s major lines of business (e.g., account for group life insurance investments, account for individual life insurance investments).
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See: Cluster Policy.
Segregated fund
Part of the pension scheme’s assets managed by an external investment manager. These investments are separated from the remaining assets controlled by the fund’s investment manager. The segregated fund often indicates an individual portfolio of stocks and shares as opposed to a pooled fund.
Segregation of Exposure Units
Risk management technique which divides or duplicates an existing single loss exposure to reduce the severity and/or increase the predictability of losses. Segregated units should be sufficiently dispersed so that they all will not be lost in the same accident. Segregation takes two forms: separation and duplication.
Seigeware –
Where a building’s systems such as security, lights, elevators, HVAC, and other systems are accessed by hackers who take control of the systems and then demand a ransom. The hackers may shut down the systems, lock down the building and restrict access until the ransom is paid.