Branch of medicine concerned with the study of the anatomy, physiology, disorders, and medical or surgical treatment of the genitourinary tract in men and women and of the male genital tract.
Tag: MEDICAL
US
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating six or more patients served.
Use
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), means the sharing, employment, application, utilization, examination, or analysis of individually identifiable health information within an entity that maintains such information.
Use additional code
Cross-reference phrase used in ICD-9-CM, Volume 1, Tabular List, that follows a main term description indicating that an additional code should be used if the information is available to provide a more complete picture of the diagnosis.
Use and disclosure
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), disclosure is when a patient’s medical information is released to an individual or entity outside of the medical practice’s organization and use is when information is shared within the medical office to facilitate patient treatment.
USP
See: United States Pharmacopeia .
usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR)
Method used by insurance companies and managed care plans to establish their fee schedules in which three fees are considered in calculating payment: (1) The usual fee is the fee typically submitted by the physician, (2) the customary fee falls within the range of usual fees charged by providers of similar training in a geographical area, and (3) the reasonable fee meets the aforementioned criteria or is considered justifiable because of special circumstances.
Utah Health Information Network
Public-private coalition for reducing health care administrative costs through the standardization and electronic exchange of health care data.
Utilitarianism
Philosophical view or doctrine of ethics that the purpose of all action should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people and that the value of anything is determined by its utility.
Utilization
Measurement of the frequency that members of a health insurance group use the services or procedures of a particular benefit plan, stated by average number of claims per insured over a specific time period.
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How much a covered group uses a particular insurance plan or program.