1. Month, day, and year a patient receives a medical service. Dates of service are inserted in Block 24A Lines 1 through 6 of the CMS-1500 insurance claim form. Service date is inserted in Field 45 of the Uniform Bill (UB-04) inpatient hospital billing claim form. The electronic version requires an eight-character date listing year, month, and day: 20XX0328. 2. For health insurance, the effective date of membership. 3. For employment, the effective date of full-time employment.

Special dollar amount given to insurance consultants or brokers who may perform many functions of group representatives or home offices. This occurs when commissions paid to the servicing agent have ceased.

1. Health insurance plan that directly contracts with providers such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The providers directly bill the plan and the plan pays directly to the providers. The providers agree to certain fees and payment in full with no balance billing to the patient. The patient (member or insured) is responsible for the deductible and copayments. 2. Written document that outlines the types and frequency of long-term care services that a client receives. It may include treatment goals for a specified time period. 3. See plan of treatment .
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Insurance coverage that has contracts with providers and in which health care benefits are given to individuals instead of monetary payment. Sometimes a Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan may be referred to as a service plan .

Any individual who gives medical services or conducts a medical procedure.

Individual who is retired from a career in the armed forces; also known as military retiree .

Disability incurred by a service member while on active duty.

Injury incurred by a service member while on active duty or incurred during reserve duty with a military unit.

ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes that are used when a person who is not currently sick encounters health services for some specific purpose such as identify or define a physical examination, aftercare, ancillary service, or therapy. In these situations the V code appears as a primary code and is placed first for the purpose of billing outpatient services.