Give the advantages of PCR over Southern blot and advantages of Southern blot over PCR
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Advantages of PCR over Southern blot: smaller specimen volume, more rapid laboratory procedure (1-2 days vs. more than 4 days), lower cost, amenable for use on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue.
Advantages of Southern blot over PCR: no meticulous attention required to prevent carryover or contamination of laboratory samples by extraneous DNA as in the PCR procedure
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a. Toward the axon terminal b. Away from the axon terminal
All of the following are effects of the sympathetic nervous system EXCEPT:
a. increased blood pressure b. decreased heart rate c. intense sweating d. dilated pupils
Name seven factors a facility should take into consideration when writing a retention plan for health records, whether they are electronic or paper-based.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is not a potential reason for downcoding?
A. The coding system used by the insurer does not match that used by the provider. B. The provider uses a HCPCS code the insurer does not recognize. C. A workers' compensation carrier converts a CPT code to the lowest-paying code in the system. D. The payer discovers that documentation does not back up the level of code used. E. The insurance carrier does not cover the services included on the claim.