A ____ physician is a physician or non-physician who requests an item or service for a beneficiary such as a consultation, surgery, diagnostic testing, or durable medical equipment and whose name goes in block 17 of the claim form

A) consulting
B) covering
C) referring
D) treating


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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A) ?Physician Index B) ?Service Index C) ?Procedure Index D) ?Master Patient Index

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