Benefit year that the managed care or health insurance plan is in effect.

Health care financing approach requiring employers to provide private insurance coverage for their workers or pay a tax that would go into a public regional fund to cover the uninsured.

Acronym that translates as professional liability insurance. See malpractice insurance.

In the CPT code book, symbol that precedes a code number indicating the code may be reported in addition to the parent or primary procedure code number. Add-on codes are never reported for stand-alone services but are reported secondarily in addition to the primary procedure. Also see add-on code.