What factors are figured in when determining a patient's length of stay by their insurance carrier?

What will be an ideal response?


Treatment diagnosis and any complicating history are used to authorize the specific number of days of an inpatient admission.

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Twenty-two percent of all disabling injuries in the workplace are to the patient's:

a. back. c. legs. b. hips. d. arms.

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Which racial/ethnic group has the highest rate of low birth weight infants?

a. White b. Black or African American c. Asian or Pacific Islander d. Hispanic

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Bilateral single seizure electroconvulsive therapy would be reported with code ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In order to deter unauthorized access to email, documentation and patient information, data may be ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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