Regarding hospital emergency department and hospital outpatient evaluation and management
CPT code assignment, which statement is true?
A. Each facility is accountable for developing and implementing its own methodology.
B. The level of service codes reported by the facility must match those reported by the physician.
C. Each facility must use the same methodology used by physician coders based on the history,
examination, and medical decision-making components.
D. Each facility must use acuity sheets with acuity levels and assign points for each service
performed.
A
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Select the correct code for each of the diagnoses: a. G91.3. b. G91.2. c. G91.9. d. 91.8G.