The National uniform conversion factor is updated annually by:
A) independent insurance carriers.
B) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
C) the legislature.
D) the Federal Register.
D) the Federal Register.
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The ________ is the projection on the atlas (C1 ) that forms a pivot joint with the axis (C2 ) to allow a person to rotate their head side to side
A) dens B) odontoid process C) atlas process D) Both A and B
You're an off-duty EMT who encounters a patient sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle that ran off the road along an isolated county road. It appears the patient was unrestrained, or not wearing a seat belt, and struck the steering wheel with his chest. On assessment, you notice a paradoxical motion to the patient's chest on inspiration and expiration. When you radio for dispatch of an ambulance,
which of the following pieces of information would you be sure to include? A) The patient is showing signs of an open chest injury. B) The patient may have a flail chest. C) The patient may have an abdominal evisceration. D) The patient is showing signs of abdominal bleeding.
Which of the following things should a coder do when coding an encounter?
A) Assign codes based on the documentation in the chart. B) Diagnose the patient based on the stated symptoms. C) Code past conditions that are not resolved. D) Code services provided prior to the current encounter.
_________________________ systems focus on reasoning to an appropriate action
a. Virtue-ethics b. Consequence-oriented c. Duty-oriented d. Deontological