Sec. 441.279. Referred ambulatory  


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  • A referred ambulatory patient is one who is treated and/or diagnosed in an ancillary service area of a hospital upon referral and who does not meet the definition criteria for an emergency outpatient or the clinical outpatient. A referral of an emergency or clinical outpatient to an ancillary service area does not change the classification of the patient to referred outpatient status.