Cross-reference word used in ICD-9-CM that is a mandatory instruction following a main term in the index, indicating that another term should be referenced and to look elsewhere for the correct diagnostic code.

Cross-reference phrase used in ICD-9-CM that is an instruction note found in the Alphabetic Index to Diseases. It instructs the coder to refer to a main term for the condition.

Cross-reference word/phrase used in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) that directs the coder to look at other sections or codes.

Data that link the clinical data collected by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries with insurance claims for health services collected by Medicare for its beneficiaries.

Acronym for Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results that is a program of the National Cancer Institute. It is the most authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. Website: http://seer.cancer.gov .

Under HIPAA, a collection of interrelated data elements in a batch of claims (transaction) that are to be electronically transmitted.

1. Act of creating a group health benefits program for coverage to a limited number of eligible employees or to give different types of benefits to different categories of workers (e.g., exempt or nonexempt, union or nonunion, hourly or salaried). 2. Act of an insurance company dividing its general account investments into separate parts that match each of the insurer’s major lines of business (e.g., account for group life insurance investments, account for individual life insurance investments).
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See: Cluster Policy.

Under the Social Security Act, Section 1915(B), state may create a competitive contract system for services (e.g., inpatient hospital care).