PLACE OF SERVICE - PATIENT TYPES IN - INPATIENT (POS - 21 ) - A patient who is assigned a room and bed and receives automatic room/bed charges. INO - OBSERVATION (POS - 22) - An outpatient who is assigned a room and bed, but does not receive an automatic room/bed charge. OBS - OBSERVATION (POS - 22) - An outpatient who is assigned a room and bed, but does not receive an automatic room/bed charge. TELE - TELEMETRY (POS - 22) - An outpatient who is assigned a room and bed, but does not receive an automatic room/bed charge and continuous monitoring. SDC - SURGICAL DAY CARE (POS - 22) - A patient who visits the hospital for outpatient surgery. SDS - SAME DAY SURGERY (POS - 22) - A patient who visits the hospital for outpatient surgery. RCR - RECURRING (POS - 22) - An outpatient who returns to the hospital more than two times for related treatments (a series patient). ER - EMERGENCY (POS - 23) - An outpatient who comes to the hospital unscheduled and is treated in the emergenc
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