Association of health care plan sponsors who join together to negotiate with insurance companies or other managed care plans and providers.

Acronym for coordination of benefits agreement; see coordination of benefits contractor agreement identifiers (COBA IDs).

Acronym for coordination of benefits contractor (COBC); see coordination of benefits contractor agreement identifiers (COBA IDs).

Acronym for cash or deferred arrangement. See Section 401 (k) plan.

Computer software function that performs online checking of CPT codes on an insurance claim to detect unbundling, splitting of codes, and other types of improper code submissions. Sometimes referred to as code screening .

Phrase used to identify the need for two ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes.

Phrase used in ICD-9-CM diagnostic coding that indicates the medical illness is the result of another underlying disease.

Official compilation of federal rules and requirements.