Kathy is utilizing a computer-based application to assign CPT codes to outpatient cases in which she answers a series of prompts based on the documentation available in the record. This system is called a(n):

A. grouper.
B. computer-assisted coding.
C. abstracting.
D. encoder.


Answer: D

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