Subscriber

Contract holder who either has insurance coverage through his or her place of employment or has purchased coverage directly from the plan or affiliate. This term is used primarily in Blue Cross and Blue Shield programs. Also referred to as policyholder or insured .
***
A person that bids for underwriting capacity in a capacity auction.

Subsection

One division of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book. The book is divided into seven code sections and appendices. Within each of the main sections are subsections and categories divided according to anatomical body system, organ, or site; procedure or service; condition; and specialty.

Subsidiary codes

CPT code numbers for services that are not part of the primary procedure and are not performed alone. These may be listed as each additional or list-in-addition-to services. Key phrases used throughout the CPT code book to identify subsidiary codes are each additional, list in addition to , and done at time of other major procedure(s) .