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clmills979

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on: Jun 27, 2018
If a patient is covered by more than one insurance policy, a physician's office will always file both the primary and secondary claims.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Look up the word commissurotomy and describe how this term is applied to the repair of heart valves.
 
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prumorgan

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

False (Some physician's offices require the patient to file the claim to the secondary insurance.)

Answer to Question 2

A commissurotomy is the surgical division (cutting) of a ring or a band of tissue. Heart valves have a fibrous ring of tissue at the base of the valve called a commissure.


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