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APCs are Ambulatory Payment Classifications, a Medicare prospective payment system for the hospital outpatient setting. APCs were implemented in the hospital outpatient setting on 8/1/00. APCs do not impact physicians’ offices. APCs are a clinically consistent groups of items and services that receive a defined payment for both the drug and the procedure.
