315D00000X — Inpatient Hospice

Grouping

Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities

Classification

Hospice, Inpatient

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Non-Individual

Definition

A provider organization, or distinct part of the organization, which renders an interdisciplinary program providing palliative care, chiefly medical relief of pain and supporting services, which addresses the emotional, social, financial, and legal needs of terminally ill patients and their families where an institutional care environment is required for the patient.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.