outpatient hospital services

outpatient hospital services

Medicare or surgical care which Medicare Part B helps to pay for, which does not include an overnight hospital stay (US).
 
Examples
Blood transfusions, certain drugs (especially chemotherapy), hospital-billed lab tests, mental health care, medical supplies (e.g., splints and casts) in an ER or outpatient clinic, including same day-surgery, diagnostic or therapeutic x-rays.