During a preventive medicine service for a 38-year-old new patient, Dr
F identifies a significant abnormality and documents the collection of an expanded problem-focused history, performance of a problem-focused physical examination, and straightforward medical decision making, in addition to the initial comprehensive preventive medicine service. Which of the following modifiers should be appended to the E/M service? a. Modifier 24
b. Modifier 25
c. Modifier 32
d. Modifier 57
b) Modifier 25
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Match the average microhematocrit reference values to the age/gender group. Use an answer only once.
A. child hematocrit B. adult female hematocrit C. adult male hematocrit D. newborn hematocrit E.
The maximum liability consists of which of the following expenses?
a. Those not covered by the plan b. Those that the insured is legally obligated to pay c. Those that can be verified by claims examiners d. Those that are not covered by supplemental insurance
All of the following are factors that affect disinfection and sterilization, except:
a. shape of the patho-gen. c. resistance of the pathogen. b. number of organ-isms. d. strength of the ger-micide.
A 35-year-old suffers a broken clavicle following a motor vehicle accident. X-ray reveals that the bone surfaces in the joint partially lost contact with each other. This condition is called:
a. dislocation. b. subluxation. c. distortion. d. nonunion.