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🚫 Not charged 🏥 Not reimbursed 🕒 Unpaid work
nonbillable

nonbillable

8.1
A code you cannot use to get payment from insurance
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈbɪləbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no facturable
  • The insurance claim was denied because the procedure was listed as nonbillable in the coding guidelines.

Examples

  • The procedure was deemed nonbillable by the insurance company.

  • The hospital updated its records to mark certain outdated codes as nonbillable.

  • Always check if a diagnosis is nonbillable before submitting it for reimbursement.

  • Are these hours considered nonbillable?

  • The insurance claim was denied because the procedure was listed as nonbillable in the coding guidelines.

  • Always check if a diagnosis is nonbillable before submitting it for reimbursement.

  • The hospital updated its records to mark certain outdated codes as nonbillable.

Synonyms

unbillable
vsnonbillable
  • Specialized
1 5.9

Not able to be charged to a client for payment

is limited to medical coding rules that forbid reimbursement for certain codes

Antonyms

billable
  • Specialized
10 4.0

Work or hours that can be charged to a client

Surface Forms

nonbillable positive

Morphology

nonbillable = billable (transparent) = non + bill + able

Standard negation of 'billable'; although the sense is domain-specific (medical coding), the morphological relation is clear.

Etymology

Nonbillable keeps the same parts in medical billing: non- 'not' and billable 'able to be billed'. So it means a diagnosis or procedure you may not use to get payment from an insurance company.