If Medicare determines that an E/M service exceeds the patient's documented need, Medicare could:
A) unbundle the service.
B) upcode the service.
C) pay the service as billed.
D) deny payment.
D) deny payment.
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A) A two-vehicle collision B) A building fire C) A grain storage bin collapse D) Persons sprayed with mace at a club
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a. 0.04% to 0.05% c. 40% to 50% b. 0.4% to 5.0% d. 4% to 5%
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a. Most volunteer subjects cannot under-stand the procedure used. b. Respiratory muscle activity contributes to inflation resistance. c. The respiratory muscles (diaphragm, etc.) must be paralyzed. d. The subjects used to make the measure-ments must be unconscious.
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A) pneumoconiosis B) bronchiectasis C) pneumothorax D) emphysema