Section He-Hea 1101.01 - Definitions(a) "ACCF/SCA&I" means the American College of Cardiology Foundation/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.(b) "Adult cardiac catheterization laboratory services" means those cardiac catheterization procedures that are performed on adults in a cardiac catheterization laboratory and includes, but is not limited to diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures identified by ICD-9-CM procedure code codes 36.04, 36.06-36.07,36.09, 37.21, 37.22, and 37.23.(c) "Adult elective interventional cardiac catheterization" means those catheter-based procedures that involve modification of the coronary arterial system under routine or non-emergency conditions.(d) "Adult interventional cardiac catheterization services" means those catheter-based procedures that involve modification of the coronary arterial system.(e) "Adult primary interventional cardiac catheterization" means those catheter-based procedures that involve modification of the coronary arterial system under emergency conditions.(f) "Adult open heart surgery (OHS)" means cardiac surgery on the heart as identified by ICD-9-CM procedures codes 35.10-35.51, 35.53 35.54, 35.60-35.95, 35.98, 35.99, 36.03, 36.10-36.20, 36.31, 36.39, 36.91, 36.99, 37.10, 37.11, and 37.31-37.33.(g) "Board" means "board" as defined in RSA 151-C:2, IV.(h) "Board certified" means the confirmation given by a national or regional association to a physician as having passed special examinations for his/her medical specialty.(i) "Cardiac care unit (CCU)" means a special unit within the hospital, which provides maximum surveillance and support of vital functions for cardiac care and recovery.(j) "Cardiac catheterization laboratory" means a unit in an acute care facility that provides adult cardiac catheterization laboratory services.(k) "Case" means the instance of disease or injury for which heart surgery services are required.(l) "Certificate of need (CON)" means "certificate of need" as defined in RSA 151-C:2, VIII.(m) "Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)" means a surgical procedure that includes revascularization to improve blood supply to the myocardium, where veins or arteries are used to bypass significant blockage in coronary arteries. It also includes the term "bypass surgery".(n) "Family centered rehabilitation service" means a program of exercise, health and dietary education or other cardiac related seminars directed to a heart surgery patient and his/her family members involved in the patient's care following discharge from the hospital.(o) "ICD-9-CM" means International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision - Clinical Modifications.(p) "Marshall Valuation Service (MVS)" means an appraisal guide for the development and reporting of replacement building and equipment costs used to determine construction costs of commercial buildings.(q) "Story height multiplier" means the number by which the base cost of a building is multiplied to adjust for any variation in average story height from the base of 12 feet.N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 1101.01
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