1. HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating the Medicare beneficiary elected to rent the item. 2. Abbreviation for by report. See by report (BR) .
Tag: MEDICAL
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Punctuation symbols used in the diagnostic code book titled International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) . It is used to enclose a series of terms, each of which is modified by the statement appearing at the right of the brace in the descriptions of the diagnoses. This convention does not appear in ICD-10-CM.
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Punctuation symbols used in the diagnostic code book titled International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) . Brackets are used to enclose synonyms, alternate wording, and explanatory phrases of the descriptions of the diagnoses. This convention does not appear in ICD-10-CM.
Branch manager
Administrative individual of a field (branch) office of an insurance company. Also called a general manager .
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An executive who manages a branch office for an insurer or an agency.
Branch office distribution system
Common method in which insurance companies use commissioned agents to sell and deliver individual insurance policies and the agents work out of a field office under contract to the insurance company. The branch manager, supervisors, and clerical personnel in the field office are employees of the insurance company.
Brand name drugs
Prescription drugs that are sold under a registered trademark (brand) name. Also known as trade name .
Breach of confidential communication
Breach means breaking or violation of a law or agreement. In the context of the medical office, it means the unauthorized release of confidential information about the patient to a third party.
Break in service
Length of time between the date an employee leaves a company and the date the employee resumes work for that company. For pension and employee benefit plans, a plan participant cannot be deprived of benefits that accumulate before a break in service unless the break is longer than (1) five years or (2) the amount of time that the participant has been employed when the break commences, whichever is greater.
Break-even point
Level of membership in a managed care plan at which the situation of total revenues and total expenses are equal and produce neither a net gain nor loss from operations.
Brief history of present illness (HPI)
1. In procedural coding and determining the extent of brief history of present illness or problem, there are two types: problem focused or expanded problem focused. 2. See history of present illness (HPI) .