Student Health Plan

Southeast Community and Technical College provides a health plan for students through the Appalachian Regional Hospital (ARH).

Benefits include unlimited visits for illness or injury involving the CPT codes listed below, with primary medical care staff of clinics with location near SKCTC campuses during normal business hours of the clinics. A CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code is a number used for insurance purposes and assigned to every service a medical practitioner can provide.

Clinics include:

    • ARH - Whitesburg Daniel Boone Clinic
    • ARH - Harlan Daniel Boone Clinic - ARH Prime Time Clinic Harlan
    • ARH - Cumberland Clinic
    • Middlesboro - Dr. Maria Hortillosa, 3513 Cumberland Avenue
    • Middlesboro - Dr. CA Moore, 123 N. 19 th Street
    • Knox Family Medicine-Barbourville

Benefits for primary medical care

The plan includes visits to family practitioners, general internal medicine specialists, pediatricians, and gynecologists, and nurse practitioners and physicians assistants who specialize in primary care. These general office visit CPT codes are included:

  • 98201
  • 99202
  • 99203
  • 99204
  • 99211
  • 99212
  • 99213
  • 99214

Additional benefits

  • Laboratory tests included in the covered services defined for Routine Rural Health Clinics, (hemacult, pin worms, hemoglobin, glucose test, strep screen, and gram stain); and plain-film x-ray associated with primary care provider evaluation of illness and injury at the above mentioned clinics.   Other imaging services, such as ultrasound, CT and MRI will be available at the normal clinic charge .
  • One routine gynecological exam per year for women, including PAP smears.   Mammography services and STD test kits will be available at the normal clinic charge for such service.
  • One well-patient physical per year, if needed by students to complete required forms for outside agencies.   ARH will provide unlimited copies of the report as requested by the student.
  • One flu shot.
  • Additional laboratory tests to include PSA test (CPT Code 84153), coronary risk profile (CPT Code 80061), random blood sugar (CPT Code 82962) and total cholesterol (CPT Code 82465).
  • Nursing services associated with allergy shots and immunizations, if the antigens are provided by the student prior to scheduling the shot . (CPT 90471 and 90472)
  • Over the counter medications for cold and flu.
  • Minor Surgery associated with Accident/Injury care limited to the following minor procedures with 0 to 10-day post-operative management, within the following CPT codes:   CPT 12001 , 12002 , 12004 , 12011 , 12013 , 16020 , 20520 , 26010 , 27086 , 28190 , 30901 , 29105 , 29125 , 29126 , 29130 , 29131 , 29200 , 29220 , 29240 , 29260 , 29280 , 29505 , 29515 , 29520 , 29530 , 29540 , 29550 .
  • Mental health services limited to a psychiatric diagnostic interview examination, which may be provided by a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, mental health counselor, medical social worker, or family practitioner.
  • In the basis of the above psychiatric diagnostic interview, ARH practitioners may provide referral to other mental health providers for purposes of therapeutic follow up.   ARH will not be responsible for the cost of follow up care.

Where available at the clinics, ARH may also enroll students in ARH chronic care programs (for example, the Diabetes management program).

Covered CPT Codes

Code

Explanation

12001

Simple repair of superficial wounds up to 12.5cm, head & body excluding face

12002

12004

12011

Simple repair of superficial wounds face

12013

16020

Dressing and/or debridement, initial or subsequent; without anesthesia, small

20520

Removal of foreign body in muscle or tendon sheath, simple

26010

Drainage of finger abscess, simple

27086

Removal of foreign body, pelvis or hip, subcutaneous tissue

28190

Removal of foreign body, foot, subcutaneous, simple

29105

Application of long arm splint (shoulder to hand)

29125

Application of short arm splint (forearm to hand); static

29126

Application of short arm splint (dynamic)

29130

Application of finger splint; static

29131

Application of finger splint; dynamic

29200

Strapping; thorax

29220

Strapping; low back

29240

Strapping; shoulder

29260

Strapping, elbow or wrist

29280

Strapping, hand or finger

29505

Application of long leg splint, thight to ankle or toes

29515

Application of short leg splint, calf to foot

29520

Strapping, hip

29530

Strapping, knee

29540

Strapping, ankle and/or foot

29550

Strapping, toes  

30901

Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, simple, limited cautery &/or packing, any method

Covered Evaluation and Management Codes

Code

Explanation

99201-99204

New Patient - a minor service provided,maximum 10 min. to a moderate to high severity typically taking around 45 min.

99211-99214

Established Pt. - 5 minutes -moderate to high severity typically taking 25 minutes.

(There are multiple factors involved in choosing the correct code and normally it takes a professionally trained person.)

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