List seven consequences of inaccurate coding and incorrect billing.
What will be an ideal response?
Consequences include denied claims; delays in processing claims and receiving payments; reduced payments; fines and sanctions; exclusion from payers' programs; prison sentences; and loss of the provider's license to practice medicine.
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A) dim the lights and remain out of the patient's sight to avoid unnecessary stimulation. B) touch the patient only when absolutely necessary, like obtaining vitals. C) make an effort to explain everything that is happening or being done. D) remain in the patient's sight but avoid talking or stimulating the patient.
A patient with thrombophilia has a decreased functional and antigenic activity of protein C. What is the diagnosis?
a. APCR b. Protein S deficiency c. Type I PC deficiency d. Type II PC deficiency
The conoid tubercle is on the scapula
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An AP oblique lumbar projection (RPO or LPO position) obtained with the patient underrotated demonstrates
1. obscured zygapophyseal joints. 2. the pedicles closer to the lateral surface of the vertebral bodies than the midline. 3. the intervertebral foramina. 4. the inferior and superior articular processes in profile. a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 3 only d. 1, 2, and 4 only