In plain English
It places a hospital charge into a standard billing category so the type of charge is identified consistently. The code indicates whether the billed item falls under a room category, a service category, or another charge category on a claim.
In context
Here, it labels the field for the standardized billing category code that identifies what kind of hospital charge the line item represents.
- Situation
- Reading patient billing, coding, estimates, statements, and payment-plan fields
- What it communicates
- labels the code field used for a hospital charge line in the itemized bill.
Meaning limits
By itself, a revenue code does not state the amount charged or give a full detailed description of the billed item.
Examples
“The hospital used one revenue code for the room charge and another for the X-ray on the same claim.”
“The clerk entered the revenue code for each line item before adding the charge amount.”