Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange’s (WEDI’s) national effort for helping the health care industry identify and resolve any Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation issues.
Tag: USA
Student
See: medical student .
SU
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating procedure performed in a physician’s office (to denote use of facility and equipment).
Sub rosa films
Videotapes made without the knowledge of the subject; used to investigate suspicious claims in workers’ compensation cases.
Subacute care
See: intermediate care .
Subcapitation
Situation in which an organization using a capitated method of payment contracts with other providers on a capitated basis and shares a part of the original capitated premium (e.g., carve out services).
Subcategory
1. Fourth digit of a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM that further defines a three-digit category such as site, cause, or other characteristics. 2. Division under a category in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book.
Subclassification
Fifth digit of a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM that gives further specificity and makes a distinction between a code in a four-digit subcategory.
Subgroup number
Additional alpha characters or numbers assigned to a group number for the purpose of identification (e.g., two characters separated by a dash [SA-12345]).
Subjective
Perceived by the individual only and not evident to the examiner (e.g., pain).