a person or thing that floats. 2. Informal. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc. 3. an employee without a fixed job assignment: One of our officers works as a floater, filling in when someone is out. 4. U.S. Politics. a voter not attached to any party, especially a person whose vote may be purchased. 5. a person who fraudulently votes, usually for pay, in different places in the same election.
For Medicare patients, inpatient consultations are reported with the initial hospital visit codes (99221â99223). Do not append modifier AI, which is only used by the admitting physician.
This code is part of a family of medical billing codes described by the numbers 99211-99215. CPTÂ® 99214 represents the mid-high (level 4) office or other outpatient established office patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS).