2008 ABC Coding Manual - Index of

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NABCW – NBAAI Nursing-Facilitated Education – Patient education and counseling
NABCW� Hygiene assistance each 15 minutes
Assisting a patient in maintaining personal cleanliness. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
NABCX� Bladder care each 15 minutes
Managing and/or assisting with a patient's urinary output. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
NABCY� Prosthesis training each 15 minutes
Teaching a patient to manage his or her artificial limb(s) and/or body part(s). Service is billed in 15-minute
increments.
NABCZ� Ostomy management each 15 minutes
Helping a patient care for and/or manage a surgically created stoma in his or her body. Service is billed
in 15-minute increments.
NABDA� Nausea care each 15 minutes
Reducing or eliminating symptoms and/or caring for a patient who is nauseous. Service is billed in 15minute
increments.
NABDB� Airway obstruction management each 15 minutes
Taking immediate action to assure a patient's air passages are not obstructed. Service is billed in 15minute
increments.
NABDC� Health survey each 15 minutes
Compiling a patient's data to assess his or her health and/or risk for certain disease(s). Service is billed
in 15-minute increments.
NABDD� Vaccination history each 15 minutes
Reviewing a patient's vaccination records to determine his or her risk in contracting and/or transmitting a
specific disease(s). Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
NABDE� Transportation each 15 minutes
Transferring a patient from one location to another. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
NABZY Undefined common nursing intervention narrative required
Any elsewhere undefined nursing intervention, narrative required. To help develop more comprehensive
coding, please submit an ABC Terminology and Code Request Form, which is available in the back of all
ABC coding publications and at www.ABCcodes.com.
NB Nursing-Facilitated Education
NBA Patient education and counseling
NBAAC Medication monitoring education
Teaching a caregiver the proper techniques to facilitate and monitor a patient’s safe and effective use of
prescription and/or over-the-counter medication(s).
NBAAF Health risk factor education
Teaching a patient, with identified health risk factors, the proper techniques to prevent and/or minimize
putting himself or herself at greater health risk.
NBAAG Prescribed medication education
Providing a patient with education and/or information regarding the safe and/or effective use of his or her
prescription medication(s).
NBAAH Preoperative education individual
Providing a patient with education and/or information regarding to and/or preparing for his or her
preadmission, diagnostic testing and surgery.
NBAAI Disease process education individual
Providing a patient with education and/or information regarding his or her diagnosed disease to promote
an understanding of the disease process.
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