In 1989, Congress enacted the Medicare Fee Schedule for physicians based on ____

A) a Congressional Budget Office study
B) the resource-based relative value scale
C) the prospective payment system
D) diagnostic-related groups


B

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Billing for a medical service not documented in the patient's medical chart is defined as:

A) e-billing. B) fraud. C) abuse. D) balance billing.

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Health information technology (HIT) uses computer-based hardware and software systems and communication systems to acquire, store, transmit, and use medical and health information

A. True B. False

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E codes provide a classification for which of the following?

A) endocrine diseases B) external causes of diseases C) external causes of injuries and poisonings D) external causes of adverse effects

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Using an ICD-9-CM code book, select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statements given in the following questions

Congenital pneumonia

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