UPDATE BILLABLE AMBULATORY SURGICAL CODE (350.41)    FILE (1)

Name Value
NAME UPDATE BILLABLE AMBULATORY SURGICAL CODE
DESCRIPTION
Contains updates to the ambulatory surgery procedures that can be billed.
 
As of 10/1/96 this functionality has not been authorized.  The data in this
file is deleted by patch IB*2*52 and the file definition will be deleted
in a future release.
The data comes from HCFA in a WP file that is uploaded and entered into
this file, generally once a year.
The new billing procedures or billing group updates are activated only after
the data in this file is transferred to 350.4.  This file should be empty
except during the loading and transferring of the HCFA updates.
 
Per VHA Directive 10-93-142, this file definition should not be modified.