HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating obstetrical treatment or service, prenatal or postpartum. When submitting insurance claims, it is required by some Medicaid and state health departments, so check with your state guidelines.
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The gap
See: doughnut hole .
Therapeutic
1. Pertaining to a treatment. 2. Beneficial.
Therapeutic procedure
Treatment of a disease or injury with the use of a modality by someone clinically trained and skilled to effect change and improve function and physical condition of the patient.
Therapeutic service
Medical treatment provided for a certain diagnosis (i.e., carrying out the procedure, other ancillary elements, and normal follow-up care related to the medical problem).
Therapeutic substitution
Act of replacing one drug in a therapeutic class for another drug in the same category of drugs but with a different chemical ingredient. It is expected to have similar beneficial effects. Also see generic substitution .
Therapeutic treatment
Treatment of disease or injury of a patient seeking to relieve symptoms or produce a cure.
Therapy care
Health care treatment of any illness or injury to encourage the recovery of the patient (e.g., cardiac rehabilitation, kidney dialysis, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiation therapy, respiratory therapy, shock therapy, speech therapy).
Third-party application
Insurance application submitted by an individual other than the person being insured.
Third-party endorsement
System of marketing individual insurance to groups in which the insurance company formally agrees with an organization to sell individual insurance to members of the organization.