LOINC Code 46464-4: Current payment sources for home care [OASIS]

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Current payment sources for home care. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

When is it used?

• Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
• May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
• Status: ACTIVE
• Method: OASIS

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Current payment sources for home care [OASIS]
• Current payment sources for home care
• Identifies payers to which any services provided during this home care episode are being billed. Accurate recording of this item is important because assessments for Medicare and Medicaid patients are handled differently upon submission than assessments for patients who do not have Medicare or Medicaid as a payment source. If patient is receiving care from multiple payers (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid; private insurance and self-pay; etc.), include all sources. Include "pending" payment sources if it is reasonably likely that they will provide payment during the episode.
• Financing and insurance; Finding; Findings; Nominal; Outcome and assessment information set; Payers; Point in time; Random; Survey; Survey.OASIS

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

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