Skilled Nursing Facility
A facility which primarily provides inpatient skilled nursing care and related services to patients who require medical, nursing, or rehabilitative services but does not provide the level of care or treatment available in a hospital.
Frequently asked questions
What is Place of Service code 31?
POS 31 is "Skilled Nursing Facility" — A facility which primarily provides inpatient skilled nursing care and related services to patients who require medical, nursing, or rehabilitative services but does not provide the level of care or treatment available in a hospital.
Is POS 31 facility or non-facility?
POS 31 (Skilled Nursing Facility) is a facility code. Medicare pays the lower facility rate on the physician fee schedule for services billed with this POS code.
Other Place of Service codes
POS codes from CMS (public domain). Always verify codes with authoritative sources before making coding or billing decisions.