Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), means the sharing, employment, application, utilization, examination, or analysis of individually identifiable health information within an entity that maintains such information.

Cross-reference phrase used in ICD-9-CM, Volume 1, Tabular List, that follows a main term description indicating that an additional code should be used if the information is available to provide a more complete picture of the diagnosis.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), disclosure is when a patient’s medical information is released to an individual or entity outside of the medical practice’s organization and use is when information is shared within the medical office to facilitate patient treatment.