Type of whole life insurance with flexible premiums, adjustable protection, and company expenses disclosed in the policy to the purchaser. They are separated so that each can be analyzed for premium rates and cash value. Also called unbundled life insurance .
Tag: MEDICAL
Universal precautions
Protective safety measures used by medical personnel to avoid and minimize infection when exposed to bloodborne pathogens, infectious materials, and viruses.
universal resource locator (URL)
String of characters that identifies the location of a document on the Internet (World Wide Web).
Unlisted procedure code
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that identifies and has a description of a procedure that is rarely provided, unusual, variable, or new and for which a code does not appear in the code book. Such a code typically ends in 99. A report or documentation needs to be submitted with the insurance claim form to explain the procedure in more detail when using an unlisted procedure code.
Unlisted service
See: unlisted procedure code .
Unmarried
In a managed care contract, a hospital facility and a managed care plan that work with each other but are not exclusive to each other. Also see married .
Unpaid balance
See: beginning balance .
Unprocessable claim
Insurance claim transmitted to an insurance carrier that cannot be processed due to missing, certain incomplete, or incorrect information.
Unproved procedures
See: experimental procedures .
Unreplaced blood
In the Medicare program, a beneficiary who receives blood may either restore the blood or pay the provider’s charges for the unrestored blood. Blood is replaced on a pint-for-pint or unit-for-unit basis.