South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 47 - Department of Labor And Regulation
Article 47:03 - Workers' compensation
Chapter 47:03:05 - Medical fee schedules
Section 47:03:05:01 - Definitions

(1) "Anesthesia services," administration of any drug or combination of drugs with the purpose of creating sedation or analgesia;

(2) "Base unit value," the number value assigned to services in Relative Values for Physicians;

(3) "Dental services," the examination, diagnosis, treatment, planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and its adjacent tissues and structures, to operate for any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums, or jaw or adjacent or associated structures;

(4) "Department," the Department of Labor and Regulation;

(5) "Employee," an employee entitled to medical services, dental services, or treatment for a compensable injury or disability under SDCL 62-4-1;

(6) "Health care provider," a person or entity providing medical services, dental services, or treatment to an employee for a compensable injury or disability;

(7) "Insurer," an entity providing workers' compensation insurance, including self-insured employers;

(8) "Medical services" or "treatment," a procedure, operation, consultation, supply, or product provided for the purpose of curing or relieving an employee of the effects of a compensable injury or disability;

(9) "Medical fee schedule," the maximum allowable fee for medical services or treatment determined according to the procedures established in this chapter;

(10) "Physical status modifier unit value," the number value assigned to physical status modifiers for anesthesia services in Relative Values for Physicians;

(11) "Procedure code," a numerical code used to identify a specific medical service, article, or supply;

(12) "Professional services," examination of a patient, performance or supervision of a medical procedure, dental procedure, or laboratory test, interpretation or written report concerning an examination or laboratory test, consultation with referring physicians, or similar services;

(13) "Qualifying circumstances unit value," the number value assigned to qualifying circumstances for anesthesia services in Relative Values for Physicians;

(14) "Technical services," performance of laboratory or radiological diagnostic procedures;

(15) "Unit value," the number value assigned to a dental service in Relative Values for Dentists;

(16) "Usual and customary charges," charges or fees that prevail in the community regardless of payer source.