A role of a place that further classifies a setting that is intended to house the provision of services.

A role of a place that further classifies the clinical setting (e.g., cardiology clinic, primary care clinic, rehabilitation hospital, skilled nursing facility) in which care is delivered during an encounter.

A practice setting where diagnostic procedures or therapeutic interventions are performed

A practice setting where cardiovascular diagnostic procedures or therapeutic interventions are performed (e.g., cardiac catheterization lab, echocardiography suite)

A practice setting where GI procedures (such as endoscopies) are performed

(X12N 261QD0000N)

A practice setting where radiology services (diagnostic or therapeutic) are provided (X12N 261QR0200N)

(X12N 261QX0203N)

An acute care institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.

(1) A hospital including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for diseases that have one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by nonreversible pathological alteration; requires special training of the patient for rehabilitation; and/or may be expected to require a long period of supervision or care. In addition, patients require the safety, security, and shelter of these specialized inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. (2) A hospital that provides medical and skilled nursing services to patients with long-term illnesses who are not in an acute phase but who require an intensity of services not available in nursing homes

(X12N 282N00000N)

A health care facility operated by the Department of Defense or other military operation.

Healthcare facility that cares for patients with psychiatric illness(s).

(X12N 283X00000N)

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include life training and/or social support to people with addictions.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include adaptation, rehabilitation and social integration services for people with intellectual and/or pervasive development disorders such as autism or severe behaviour disorder.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may social support services for adolescents who are pregnant or have child and are experiencing adaptation issues/difficulties in their current or eventual parenting role.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include adaptation, rehabilitation and social integration services for people with physical impairments.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services for people with hearing impairments.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services for people with motor skill impairments.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services for people with visual skill impairments.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include life training and/or social support services for the adaption, rehabilitation and social integration of youths with adjustment difficulties.

A specialty unit in hospital that focuses on chronic respirator patients and pulmonary failure

The section of a health care facility for providing rapid treatment to victims of sudden illness or trauma.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include tests done based on clinical specimens to get health information about a patient as pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Hospital laboratories may be further divided into specialized units such as Anatomic Pathology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include tests are done on clinical specimens to get health information about a patient pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease for a hospital visit longer than one day.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include tests are done on clinical specimens to get health information about a patient pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease for same day visits.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include the branch of medicine that uses ionizing and non-ionizing radiation to diagnose and treat diseases. The radiology unit may be further divided into subspecialties such as Imaging, Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Ultrasound.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include collecting specimens and/or samples from patients for laboratory testing purposes, but does not perform any tests or analysis functions.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include providing judicious, safe, efficacious, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines for treatment of patients for visits longer than one day. The distinction between inpatient pharmacies and retail (or outpatient) pharmacies is that they are part of a patient's continuity of care while staying in the hospital.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which include biochemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunochemistry, and toxicology.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include providing judicious, safe, efficacious, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines for treatment of patients for outpatient visits and may also be used for discharge prescriptions.

(X12N 273R00000N)

(X12N 261QA1200N)

(X12N 314000000N)

Focuses on assessing disability

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include examination, diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of diseases and disorders of the eye as well as prescribing and fitting appropriate corrective lenses (glasses or contact lenses) as needed. Optometry clinics may also provide tests for visual field screening, measuring intra-ocular pressure and ophthalmoscopy, as and when required.

(X12N 261QP3300N)

(X12N 261QP2300N)

(X12N 261QP1100N)

Location where healthcare service was delivered, identified as the healthcare provider's practice office.

(X12N 324500000N)

A role of a place that further classifies a setting that is intended to house the provision of non-clinical services.

Location address where medical supplies were transported to for use.

Location (mobile) where healthcare service was delivered.

Location (mobile) where healthcare service was delivered, identified specifically as an ambulance.

Location where healthcare service was delivered, identified as a pharmacy.

Location of an accident where healthcare service was delivered, such as a roadside.

Community location where healthcare is delivered.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include providing front-line services to the population of a defined geographic area such as: healthcare services and social services, preventive or curative, rehabilitation or reintegration.

location where healthcare was delivered which is the residence of the Patient.

Location where healthcare service was delivered, identified as a school or educational facility.

Description: A location that plays the role of delivering services which may include: social emergency services required for a young person as required under any jurisdictional youth laws, child placement, and family mediation in the defined geographical area the SDL is responsible for. It may provide expertise in a judiciary setting on child custody, adoption and biological history research.

Location where healthcare service was delivered, identified as a work place.

The value is expected to exist but is not known.

The location where health services and health related services are provided or received, through telecommunication technology. Patient is not located in their home when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology.

A facility or location whose primary purpose is to provide temporary housing to homeless individuals (e.g., emergency shelters, individual or family shelters).

A facility or location, owned and operated by the Indian Health Service, which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (surgical and non-surgical), and rehabilitation services to American Indians and Alaska Natives who do not require hospitalization. (Effective January 1, 2003)

A facility or location, owned and operated by the Indian Health Service, which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (surgical and non-surgical), and rehabilitation services rendered by, or under the supervision of, physicians to American Indians and Alaska Natives admitted as inpatients or outpatients.

A facility or location owned and operated by a federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization under a 638 agreement, which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (surgical and non-surgical), and rehabilitation services to tribal members who do not require hospitalization. (Effective January 1, 2003)

A facility or location owned and operated by a federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization under a 638 agreement, which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (surgical and non-surgical), and rehabilitation services to tribal members admitted as inpatients or outpatients.

A prison, jail, reformatory, work farm, detention center, or any other similar facility maintained by either Federal, State or local authorities for the purpose of confinement or rehabilitation of adult or juvenile criminal offenders.

The location where health services and health related services are provided or received, through telecommunication technology. Patient is located in their home (which is a location other than a hospital or other facility where the patient receives care in a private residence) when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology.

Location, other than a hospital or other facility, where the patient receives care in a private residence.

Congregate residential facility with self-contained living units providing assessment of each resident's needs and on-site support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the capacity to deliver or arrange for services including some health care and other services.

A residence, with shared living areas, where clients receive supervision and other services such as social and/or behavioral services, custodial service, and minimal services (e.g., medication administration).

A short term accommodation such as a hotel, camp ground, hostel, cruise ship or resort where the patient receives care, and which is not identified by any other POS code.

A walk-in health clinic, other than an office, urgent care facility, pharmacy or independent clinic and not described by any other Place of Service code, that is located within a retail operation and provides, on an ambulatory basis, preventive and primary care services. (This code is available for use immediately with a final effective date of May 1, 2010)

A portion of an off-campus hospital provider based department which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (both surgical and nonsurgical), and rehabilitation services to sick or injured persons who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization. (Effective January 1, 2016)

Location, distinct from a hospital emergency room, an office, or a clinic, whose purpose is to diagnose and treat illness or injury for unscheduled, ambulatory patients seeking immediate medical attention.

A portion of a hospital's main campus which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (both surgical and nonsurgical), and rehabilitation services to sick or injured persons who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization. (Description change effective January 1, 2016)

A facility, other than a hospital's maternity facilities or a physician's office, which provides a setting for labor, delivery, and immediate post-partum care as well as immediate care of new born infants.

A non-permanent location on the street or found environment, not described by any other POS code, where health professionals provide preventive, screening, diagnostic, and/or treatment services to unsheltered homeless individuals.

A facility, other than a patient's home, in which palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families are provided.

A location, not part of a hospital and not described by any other Place of Service code, that is organized and operated to provide preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative services to outpatients only.

A facility located in a medically underserved area that provides Medicare beneficiaries preventive primary medical care under the general direction of a physician.

A facility for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness that provides a planned therapeutic program for patients who do not require full time hospitalization, but who need broader programs than are possible from outpatient visits to a hospital-based or hospital-affiliated facility.

A facility that provides the following services: outpatient services, including specialized outpatient services for children, the elderly, individuals who are chronically ill, and residents of the CMHC's mental health services area who have been discharged from inpatient treatment at a mental health facility; 24 hour a day emergency care services; day treatment, other partial hospitalization services, or psychosocial rehabilitation services; screening for patients being considered for admission to State mental health facilities to determine the appropriateness of such admission; and consultation and education services.

A location which provides treatment for substance (alcohol and drug) abuse on an ambulatory basis.  Services include individual and group therapy and counseling, family counseling, laboratory tests, drugs and supplies, and psychological testing.

A location that provides treatment for opioid use disorder on an ambulatory basis. Services include methadone and other forms of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). (Effective January 1, 2020)

A location where providers administer pneumococcal pneumonia and influenza virus vaccinations and submit these services as electronic media claims, paper claims, or using the roster billing method. This generally takes place in a mass immunization setting, such as, a public health center, pharmacy, or mall but may include a physician office setting.

A facility that provides comprehensive rehabilitation services under the supervision of a physician to outpatients with physical disabilities. Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech pathology services.

A facility other than a hospital, which provides dialysis treatment, maintenance, and/or training to patients or caregivers on an ambulatory or home-care basis.

A facility maintained by either State or local health departments that provides ambulatory primary medical care under the general direction of a physician.

A certified facility which is located in a rural medically underserved area that provides ambulatory primary medical care under the general direction of a physician.

Other place of service not identified above.