Author Question: The five-digit CPT codes used to report services and procedures performed by healthcare providers ... (Read 77 times)

segrsyd

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 530
The five-digit CPT codes used to report services and procedures performed by healthcare providers are also known as:
 
  Level I HCPCS.
 
  Level II HCPCS.
 
  Level III HCPCS.
 
  They are not considered HCPCS codes.

Question 2

What are four benefits of a compliance plan?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


mfedorka

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 324
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Level I HCPCS.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Benefits are speeding and optimizing proper payment of claims, minimizing billing mistakes, reducing the chances that an audit will be conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and avoiding conflicts with the self-referral and anti-kickback statutes.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.

Did you know?

Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products. It is free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Did you know?

Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.

Did you know?

When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.

Did you know?

Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library