Susie Coder is a hospital inpatient coder. She is coding a complex Medicare record. She has to choose between two codes for the bill. Code A pays $3,400. Code B pays $9,700. The coding rules indicate that Susie should use code A

Susie uses code B. What is Susie guilty of?
A) Miscoding
B) Hospital coding
C) DRG coding
D) Upcoding


Answer: D

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