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gbarreiro

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on: Jun 27, 2018
A provider often considers diagnoses that do not receive direct treatment during an encounter because they impact treatment of other conditions. It is appropriate to report codes for such diagnoses on the CMS-1500 claim because they have been __________.
 a. discounted by the payer
  b. included in coverage
  c. medically managed
  d. treated during the visit

Question 2

A hospital has 100 inpatient cases that are assigned to DRG 54, which has a relative weight of 1.540 . What is the total relative weight for the cases?
 a. 83
 b. 154
 c. 5,400
  d. 8,316


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

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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