You are working at a practice and need to submit a claim, but cannot reach a patient to obtain his or her address, which is not on file. What should you do?
A. Submit the claim using the practice's address in place of the patient's address'
B. Submit the claim with the patient's address left blank.
C. Submit the claim with "Unknown" entered for the patient's address.
D. Do not submit the claim until you are able to retrieve the patient's address
Answer: C
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