Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-21-1-7
Affected: IC 16-19-3; IC 16-21-1
Sec. 22.
For purposes of this rule, 410 IAC 15-1.4-2.2, and 410 IAC 15-2.4-2.2, "surgery or other invasive procedure" means surgical or other invasive procedures that involve a skin incision, puncture, or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into tissues, cavities, or organs. A procedure begins at the time of the skin incision, puncture, or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into tissues, cavities, or organs. A procedure ends when the surgical incision has been closed or operative devices, such as probes, have been removed. The procedures include, but are not limited to, the following:
The term excludes intravenous therapy, venipuncture for phlebotomy, diagnostic tests without intravenous contrast agents, nasogastric tubes, or indwelling urinary catheters.
410 IAC 15-1.1-22