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units

Units are the quantity of a healthcare service, procedure, or supply billed, expressed as the number of billable units.

In plain English

This shows how many billable amounts of a service, procedure, or supply are being counted for a charge. It expresses that quantity as a billing number.

In context

Here, "units" labels the number of billable units being charged for that line item.

Situation
Reading patient billing, coding, estimates, statements, and payment-plan fields
What it communicates
labels the quantity field for the charge line in the billing portal.

Meaning limits

By itself, "units" does not indicate the price or the medical description of what is being billed.

Examples

“The claim listed 3 units for the procedure, with the description shown separately.”

Core meaning

“On the supply line, the clerk changed the units from 1 to 2.”

In context