The Fourth-Character Value for the New Technology Section of ICD-10-PCS

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The fourth-character value for the New Technology section of ICD-10-PCS specifies the procedure type.

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Definitions:

Average Fixed Cost

The fixed costs of production (costs that don't change with the level of output) divided by the quantity of output produced.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from a one-unit increase in the input of a particular productive resource, holding all other inputs constant.

Average-Total-Cost

The cost per unit of output, calculated by dividing the total cost (fixed and variable costs) by the total quantity produced.

Marginal-Cost

The expense associated with producing one additional unit of a good or service, critical for decision-making in business and economic policy.