The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) supports the:
A. use of local codes.
B. increased use of temporary codes for emerging technology.
C. elimination of Category III CPT codes.
D. increased use of nonstandard CPT codes.
Answer: elimination of Category III CPT codes.
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