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