Status indicator Q1: STVX-packaged codes. Addendum B of the final 2009 OPPS final rule displays APC assignments when services are separately payable. Packaged APC payment, if billed on the same date of service as a HCPCS code, is assigned status indicator S, T, V, or X.
The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.[1] The policy proposed to keep China open to trade ...
NOTES. 1. A first order effect is the direct outcome (intended or unintended) of the policy; a second order effect is a direct spin-off of the original policy effect; and a third order effect is a consequence of the second order effect (this happened because this happened because this happened.