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acute care facility (ACF)   hospital that provides health care services to patients who have serious, sudden, or acute illness or injuries and/or who need certain surgies.  
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acute care hospital   see short-term hospital  
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admitting diagnosis   provisional or tentative diagnosis entered in a field on the inpatient face sheet by admissions office staff; it is often a sign or symptom  
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ancillary service   diagnostic and/or therapeutic service provided to inpatients and outpatients.  
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axis of classification (ICD-10-PCS)   the sections, body parts, root operations, and so on that comprise the 7-character ICD-10-PCS code  
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bed count   see bed size  
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bed size   total number of inpatient beds for which a facility is licensed by the state; facility must be equipped and staffed to care for these patient admissions  
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behavioral health care hospital   health care facility that specializes in treating individuals with mental health diagnoses  
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comorbidity   coexisting condition that is treated during the same encounter as or impacts the medical management of another condition  
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complication   condition that occurs during the course of an inpatient hospital episode  
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critical access hospital (CAH)   located more than 35 miles from any hospital or another CAH; state certified as being a necessary provider of health care to area residents  
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general hospital   acute care facility that provides emergency care, general surgery, and inpatient admission services based on licensing by the state  
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Index (ICD-10-PCS)   organizes ICD-10-PCS main terms in alphabetical order, providing the first 3-4 characters of a code as well as direction to a specific location in the Tables  
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inpatient   patient who remains overnight in a facility for 24 hours or more and who is provided with room and board and nursing services  
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long-term acute care hospital (LTACH)   health care facility designed specifically for patients who need functional restoration and/or rehabilitation and medical management for an average of three to six weeks; average inpatient stay of 25days plus extended medical care (chronic conditions)  
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long-term hospital   see long-term acute care hospital  
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maximizing reimbursement   reimbursement that is not permitted because it involves selecting and reporting as principal diagnosis the ICD-10-CM code that results in the highest level of reimbursement for the facility whether that diagnosis meets the criteria for selection or not  
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multiaxial structure (ICD-10-PCS)   a value from each of seven hierarchies is assigned to construct an ICD-10-PCS code  
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multihospital system   two or more hospitals owned, managed, or leased by a single organization; these may include acute, long-term, pediatric, rehabilitation, or psychiatric care facilities  
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newborn patient   patient who receives infant care upon birth and, if necessary, receives neonatal intensive care  
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optimizing reimbursement   determining which of several diagnoses to report as the principal diagnosis when multiple diagnoses equally meet the criteria for selection as the principal diagnosis  
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other (additional) diagnoses   any condition that coexists at the time of admission, that develops subsequently, or that affects the treatment received and/or the length of stay  
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other significant procedure   surgical in nature, carries an operative or anesthetic risk, requires highly trained personnel, or requires special facilities or equipment; also called a secondary procedures  
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principal diagnosis   condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital care  
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principal procedure   performed for definitive treatment rather than for diagnostic or exploratory purposes, necessary to treat a complication, or is most closely related to the principal diangosis  
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rehabilitation hospital   health care facility that admits patients who are diagnosed with trauma or disease and who need to learn how to function  
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secondary procedure   see other significant procedure  
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short-term hospital   average length of stay (LOS) of 4-5 days and a total LOS of fewer than 25 days  
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single hospital   hospital that is self-contained and not part of a larger organization  
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specialty hospital   health care facility that delivers care to a particular population of patients or type of disease  
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subacute care patient   receives specialized services such a s chemotherapy, injury rehabilitation, ventilator support, wound care, and other types of health care services provided to seriously ill patients  
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swing bed   allows a rural hospital to admit a nonacute care patient  
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tables (ICD-10-PCS)   used to construct a complete and valid ICD-10-PCS code; contains terms and rows that contains values needed to construct a valid code  
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Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)   established by the federal government to define data collected for inpatient hospitalizations  
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value (ICD-10-PCS)   characters assigned to each of seven unique hierarchies, which construct a valid ICD-10-PCS code  
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