Palliative Treatment definition

Palliative Treatment means only those procedures which alleviate pain or discomfort.
Palliative Treatment means action that relieves pain but is not curative. Palliative Treatment is an all inclusive service. No other codes are billable reimbursable on the same date of service.
Palliative Treatment. Covered expenses include emergency treatment of dental pain.

Examples of Palliative Treatment in a sentence

  • If a Preferred Dentist is not reasonably available when a Member requires emergency care (Palliative Treatment and/or Emergency Oral Exam), benefits will be paid based on the "In-Network" Coinsurance percentage listed in the Schedules of Benefits.

  • Palliative Treatment: Minor emergency treatment for the relief of pain.

  • These dental care services include exams and evaluations, prophylaxis, space maintainers, and preventive fluoride treatments.Emergency Palliative Treatment - dental emergency treatment to temporarily relieve pain, swelling or bleeding.Radiographs - x-rays required for routine exams to assist in diagnosing treatment and/or as necessary for the diagnosis of a specific condition.

  • Emergency (Palliative) Treatment Limited to 2 per 12 months in combination with pulpal debridement.

  • Emergency Palliative Treatment Emergency treatment to temporarily relieve pain.


More Definitions of Palliative Treatment

Palliative Treatment means treatment intended only to improve the quality of the Insured’s life in the case of a life threatening Covered Cancer by relieving pain or alleviating other symptoms of the Covered Cancer and/or complication(s) thereof, or the side effects of its/their treatment, without any attempt at its/their cure.
Palliative Treatment means treatment and comfort measures directed toward relief of symptoms and pain management rather than treatment to cure.
Palliative Treatment. Any treatment given, on advice or general advice, for the purpose of offering temporary relief of symptoms. Palliative treatment is not given to cure the medical condition causing the symptoms. For the purposes of this policy, palliative treatment will include renal dialysis.
Palliative Treatment means the degree of treatment which must be provided to a patient in the routine delivery of emergency medical services, which assures the comfort and alleviation of pain and suffering to all extents possible, regardless of whether the patient has executed a document as provided for in this chapter.
Palliative Treatment. Coverage is for minor treatment to relieve sudden, intense pain. Limited to two (2) visits per plan year. • Fillings
Palliative Treatment means minor treatment to reduce the pain of a disease, illness or injury of the tooth or teeth excluding non-treatment activities such as writing a prescription, dispensing a drug or medication, or telephone consultation with or about a recipient.
Palliative Treatment means action that relieves pain but is not curative. Palliative Treatment is an all inclusive service. No other codes are billable on the same date of service."Emergency Dental Care" includes, but is not limited to, the immediate service that must be provided to relieve the member from pain due to an acute infection, swelling, trismus or trauma.