471 NAC 18-002. DEFINITIONS

002. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions apply: 002.01 COMPREHENSIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT. The collaboration of medicine, psychology, nutrition science, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy (OT), social work, and other appropriate medical and behavioral disciplines in an integrated program. 002.02 CONSULTING PHYSICIAN. A physician whose services include history taking, examination of the individual, and, in each case, furnishing to the attending physician an opinion regarding diagnosis or treatment. A physician providing clinical laboratory services for individuals of other physicians is not considered a consulting physician. 002.03 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITION. A medical behavior or condition, the onset of which is sudden, manifesting itself by symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could result in: (A) Placing the health of the individual or with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy; (B) Serious impairment to such person's bodily functions; or (C) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. 002.04 FEEDING AND SWALLOWING CLINIC. A specialized facility which provides assessment, treatment, ongoing support, and follow-up care for infants and children experiencing feeding difficulties. 002.05 INDEPENDENT CLINICAL LABORATORY. A laboratory which is independent both of an attending or consulting physician's office and of a hospital. 002.06 LABORATORY SERVICES. Microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, radio bioassay, cytological, immunohematological, or pathological examinations or procedures performed on materials derived from the individual to provide information for the diagnosis or treatment of a disease, or an assessment of the medical condition of the individual. 002.07 NON-PATIENT. A beneficiary who is not directly receiving outpatient services other than diagnostic testing services from the hospital, but the hospital provides all or part of the required clinical diagnostic testing for the beneficiary. The beneficiary is not physically present at the hospital. 002.08 PHYSICIAN CLINIC SERVICES. The professional activity, any drugs and supplies used during that professional encounter, and any other billable service provided in the physician clinic area. 002.09 RADIOLOGY SERVICES. Medically necessary services in which x-rays or rays from radioactive substances are used for diagnostic or therapeutic services and associated medical services necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of an individual.