Glossary
AcronymsTerm Sort ascending | Definition |
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URGENTLY NEEDED CARE | Care that you get for a sudden illness or injury that needs medical care right away, but is not life threatening. Your primary care doctor generally provides urgently needed care if you are in a Medicare health plan other than the Original Medicare Plan. If you are out of your plan's service area for a short time and cannot wait until you return home, the health plan must pay for urgently needed care. |
UNITED NATIONS RULES FOR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE FOR ADMINISTRATION, COMMERCE, AND TRANSPORT | An international EDI format. Interactive X12 transactions use the EDIFACT message syntax. |
UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR FACILITATION OF PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATION, COMMERCE, AND TRANSPORT | An international organization dedicated to the elimination or simplification of procedural barriers to international commerce. |
UNIT INPUT INTENSITY ALLOWANCE | The amount added to, or subtracted from, the hospital input price index to yield the PPS update factor. |
UNIFORM CLAIM TASK FORCE | An organization that developed the initial HCFA-1500 Professional Claim Form. The maintenance responsibilities were later assumed by the NUCC. |
UNASSIGNED CLAIM | A claim submitted for a service or supply by a provider who does not accept assignment. |
UB-92 | An electronic format of the CMS-1450 paper claim form that has been in general use since 1993. |
UB-82 | A uniform institutional claim form developed by the NUBC that was in general use from 1983 - 1993. |
TTY | A teletypewriter (TTY) is a communication device used by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a severe-speech impairment. A TTY consists of a keyboard, display screen, and modem. Messages travel over regular telephone lines. People who don’t have a TTY can communicate with a TTY user through a message relay center (MRC). An MRC has TTY operators available to send and interpret TTY messages. |
TT | tester |