Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), release of protected health information for treatment, payment, or other health care operations that does not require the patient to sign a consent form.
Tag: MEDICAL
Routine home care days
Days in which a hospice patient and member of an insurance plan who is not receiving continuous medical care has chosen to receive hospice care at home.
Routine newborn services
First inpatient examination of a newborn infant done by a doctor but not done by the physician who delivered the baby or the doctor who gave anesthetics during delivery.
Routine physical examination
Annual physical examination made in the absence of definite symptoms of disease or injury. Sometimes an electrocardiogram, laboratory tests, and a chest x-ray may be done. Also see physical examination (PE or PX) .
Routine use
With respect to individually identifiable health information, the sharing, employment, applica- tion, utilization, examination, or analysis of such information within an entity that maintains such information.
Routing form
See: multipurpose billing form .
RP
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating replacement and repair of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
RR
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating rental of durable medical equipment (DME). Should be used with other rental modifiers: KH, KI, and KJ. List the RR modifier first.
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MEDICAL, USA: AAcronym for Registered Records Administrator. See Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) .
RT
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating a procedure performed on the right side of the body.
Rubric
1. Group of similar conditions. 2. In ICD-10-CM, a three-character category or a four-character subcategory.