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Table 4 “Full Cost” elements for care that takes place in a Military Treatment Facility (Direct Care)

From: Leveraging healthcare utilization to explore outcomes from musculoskeletal disorders: methodology for defining relevant variables from a health services data repository

Full Cost Subcomponent Variable

Description

FCCLNSAL

Clinician salary portion of full cost

FCLAB

Laboratory portion of full cost

FCOST1

Full cost for the E&M APG

FCOST2

Full cost for the medical APG

FCOST3

Full cost for Procedure 1 APG

FCOST4

Full cost for Procedure 2 APG

FCOST5

Full cost for Procedure 3 APG

FCOST6

Full cost for Procedure 4 APG

FCOTHANC

Other ancillary portion of full cost (minus materials)

FCOTHLBR

Other labor portion of full cost

FCPROFSAL

Professional salary portion of full cost

FCRAD

Radiology portion of full cost

FCRX

Pharmacy portion of full cost (minus materials)

FCSUP

Support portion of full cost

  1. APG Ambulatory Patient Group, E&M Evaluation and Management Coding in support of medical billing