Code system for institutional providers developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions put into use by 2008. Also see Uniform Bill (UB-04) claim form .
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Uniform billing format
Under a federal directive, standard billing style that requires hospitals and other Part A providers to itemize medical services on each billing statement. For electronically transmitted institutional claims, the uniform billing format is the 837i, which replaces the paper UB-04.
Uniform bonus system
See: UNIFORM COMPOUND REVERSIONARY BONUS; UNIFORM BONUS. SIMPLE REVERSIONARY
Uniform Building Code (UBC)
The building code that is maintained and published by the International Conference of Building Officials. It contains construction specifications and includes provisions for materials, processes and design.
Uniform claim task force
Organization that developed the initial HCFA-1500, now known as the CMS-1500 , professional claim form. The maintenance responsibilities were later assumed by the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC).
Uniform Fire Code
A fire code published by the International Conference of Building Officials and the Western Fire Chiefs Association.
Uniform forms
A standard form, used widely by many insurers and worded in a certain way. These forms are made and circulated by rating bureaus.
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The wording of many policy documents has been agreed upon by most companies and standardized. The same is finalized by the General Insurance Council of India and are called standard or uniform forms.
uniform hospital discharge data set (UHDDS)
Collection of consistently defined, classified data that describe the medical content of a patient’s bill. For acute-care and short-term facilities, UHDDS is required by the federal government for Medicare and Medicaid discharged patients. UHDDS contains the patient’s age, sex, and ICD-9-CM diagnoses and procedures. The Uniform Hospital Discharge Abstract is used to collect the UHDDS. Assignment to a diagnosis-related group (DRG) is made from this data set by a fiscal intermediary.
Uniform Individual Accident and Sickness Policy Provisions Act
Insurance policy regulations created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners establishing provisions required in all individual health insurance policies. These provisions have been adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. They include use of basic contract language, situations in which changes can be made to the policy, guidelines on how a beneficiary can be changed, submission of proof of loss, reinstatement of the policy, and grace period.
uniform policy provisions (UPP)
Health insurance contract conditions that require the use of basic contract language. The Uniform Individual Accident and Sickness Policy Provisions Act lists these provisions required by laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.