S.C. Code Regs. 19-1001. Definitions

Data Elements: refers to any specific characteristic, usually encoded, describing a patient, the services provided to a patient, the health care facility, and/or the professional rending the services, during a medical encounter. Outpatient: refers to any person receiving care in a health care setting that does not require admission to a hospital. This definition includes observation patients. Ambulatory Encounter Level Data: refers to data gathered or organized by each episode of medical care provided to an outpatient in a health care setting. Health Care Setting: includes but is not limited to hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, home health agencies and providers of the following ambulatory services: radiation therapy, cardiac catheterization, lithotripsy, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission therapy and other providers offering services with equipment requiring a Certificate of Need.