Which of the following best defines an incident to service? a. ...

[Alygatorr01285]

Which of the following best defines an incident to service?
 
  a. A billing phrase used by CMS to help identify, report, and appropriately bill incidental clinical, medical, or professional services performed by an NPP when those services are integral to the physician's overall care of the patient
  b. The term used to describe a clinical situation in which both a physician and an NPP have participated in the performance of one E/M service
  c. The term that represents a specific episode of healthcare service as determined by the category of provided service
  d. Prescribed medication or drugs, which must be monitored and controlled by the prescribing physician or NPP during the course of treatment

Question 2

Which of the following choices is considered a nonphysician practitioner?
 
  a. A nurse practitioner
  b. A mid level practitioner
  c. A clinical nurse specialist
  d. All of the above

[bitingbit]

Answer to Question 1

a) A billing mechanism defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help identify, report, and appropriately bill incidental clinical, medical, or professional services performed by an NPP when those provided services are integral to the physician's overall care of the patient

Answer to Question 2

d) All of the above

[Alygatorr01285]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[strudel15]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it