What are four benefits of a compliance plan?
What will be an ideal response?
Benefits are speeding and optimizing proper payment of claims; minimizing billing mistakes; reducing the chances that an audit will be conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or the Office of Inspector General (OIG); and avoiding conflicts with the self-referral and anti-kickback statutes.
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If the computer screen used for abstracting limits the number of external cause codes that can be reported, the coder should report:
a. the combination code for the intent and causal even most closely related to the principal diagnosis. b. only the intent codes. c. only the causal even codes most closely related to the principal diagnosis. d. the combination code for the intent and causal event most closely related to the secondary diagnoses.
Which of the following tests is the most reliable and sensitive noninvasive procedure for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatic insufficiency?
A) Qualitative fecal occult blood B) Fecal trypsin C) Quantitative stool analysis of lactase-1 (E1 ) D) Fecal chymotrypsin
Cellulitis of the left finger is reported with code _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following is not a common treatment for acne vulgaris?
A) systemic antibiotics B) oral contraceptives C) topical antibacterial product D) change in diet