Confidence votes 158. There are 48 states, that are part of the contiguous U.S. The only sates that are not part of the contiguous U.S. are Alaska and Hawaii they represent the noncontiguous MATH PROBLEM: 50-2=48 48+2=50. 33 people found this useful.
What Does APC Stand For? Medicareâs Coding System for Medical Billing APC stands for Medicareâs Ambulatory Payment Classification, the coding system that hospitals use to bill the federal government for services provide to Medicare and Medicaid patients.
Levels of Discharge Instructions are defined in the last section of these guidelines. The appropriate facility code/APC level is determined by the interventions (of nursing and ancillary ED staff) as listed in the middle column marked Possible Interventions.