Across
- 1. The transference of narrative descriptions of diseases, injuries and medical procedures into numeric designations.(ICD 10, CPT, HCPCS)
- 4. Charges for services rendered or price of goods sold.
- 5. Identification of a disease from which an individual patient suffers or a condition for which the patient needs or received medical care.
- 8. A two-character code, attached to a CPT code, which is used to indicate that a service or procedure has been altered by some specific circumstances that either increases or decreases the value of the CPT code.
- 11. The steps through which a claim is processed by a third party payer to verify coverage, eligibility, appropriateness of services rendered and establish the amount of reimbursement.
- 12. Approval by the insurance company of a planned inpatient admission or outpatient procedure which is obtained prior to the admission or registration taking place.
- 15. A type of cost sharing in which beneficiaries pay a fixed dollar amount for a covered service.
- 16. A bill requesting that insurance company pays for medical services.
Down
- 1. The dollar amount of hospital bills.
- 2. An institution for diagnosis and treatment of sick or injured patients.
- 3. A type of cost sharing in which beneficiaries pay a fixed percentage of the cost of charge for a covered service.
- 4. The actual sum of money due.
- 6. Type of cost sharing which requires a beneficiary to pay a specified amount of covered medical services before the health plan or insurer assumes liability for all or part of the remaining costs.
- 7. A person receiving treatment, surgery, emergency care, therapy or other services without being admitted as an inpatient to the hospital facility.
- 9. Accounts that are partially or fully uncollectible and must be written off as bad debts, charity care, etc.
- 10. Process of collecting and presenting to the payer all agreed upon data elements that are necessary to secure payment for services rendered. Includes initial billing, follow-up, cash posting and AR management.
- 13. Currency and available funds on deposit at banks.
- 14. A patient registration ordered by a physician with the intent to provide ongoing services of duration that usually exceeds 24 hours.