An asthma attack is exactly that - the muscles around the airways and the lining of the air passages tighten. Swelling reduces the amount of air that can pass through the airways and leads to a high-pitched, wheezing sound. Asthma attacks can become life-threatening if the airflow in the lungs becomes severely blocked.
Ambulatory surgery center. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), also known as outpatient surgery centers or same day surgery centers, are health care facilities where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.
Assign an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment group for services on claims from certain Non-OPPS hospitals. Each claim will be represented by a collection of data, which will consist of all necessary demographic (header) data, plus all services provided (line items).