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rayancarla1

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A patient is admitted to the hospital with complaints of chest pain and coughing. After examination and testing, the patient is diagnosed with pneumonia. The patient has a sputum culture, which is negative for the presence of any bacterium. After the patient is discharged, an ICD-10-CM code is assigned that identifies the patient as having bacterial pneumonia. Submitting a specific pneumonia ICD-10-CM code is a practice encouraged by the facility to increase its reimbursement rate from Medicare. This practice is known as __________.
 a. abuse
  b. fraud

Question 2

Which legislation limited exclusions for preexisting medical conditions?
 a. Balanced Budget Act
  b. HIPAA
 c. Stark I
 d. TEFRA


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dmurph1496

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


rayancarla1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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