Any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or adjacent to a client’s or patient’s body that the individual cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one’s body. Chemical restraints are any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms.

List of drugs covered by a benefit plan in which there are some limitations or restrictions about which medications may be chosen for the members of the managed care plan. See also closed formulary and open formulary .

Document that the Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary sends to providers when a claim form has questionable or missing information.

Type of war hazard exclusion that does not pay benefits for losses from acts of war.

Terms seen in CPT 2008. Results are the technical component of a service; testing leads to results; results lead to interpretation; and reports are the work product of the interpretation of test results.