Which of the following activities is an example of abuse rather than fraud?
A. upcoding
B. misrepresenting the diagnosis
C. inadvertent coding errors
D. billing for services not rendered
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. Determines one's inherited characteristics b. Does not apply to all body systems c. Impacts physical but not mental traits d. Is not related to heredity
The hormone that is needed by the bone marrow to produce T-cells is ____________________.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word