CMS defines an urgent medical condition as:

A. medical conditions for which treatment is not medically necessary but are chronic
B. medical conditions for which treatment is medically necessary and immediately required as a result of an unforeseen illness, injury, or condition
C. a medical condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity
D. a medical condition that manifests itself by chronic symptoms of little severity


Answer: B

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