Arbitration Vs. Mediation. Terms: The main difference between arbitration and mediation is a simple one: arbitrators hand down decisions, just as judges do, which can only be contested under certain circumstances.
Definition of Subacute Care. 1  Subacute care is a level of care needed by a patient who does not require hospital acute care, but who requires more intensive skilled nursing care than is provided to the majority of patients in a skilled nursing facility.
I have found subacute to mean something in between acute and chronic which is a vague description at best! For questions such as this I refer to the American Hospital Associationâs Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM (ICD-10-CM/PCS)Â® for assistance. Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2011, p. 21 states: