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One example of health care fraud involves billing for more expensive services or procedures than were actually provided or performed. This practice is termed ______ and requires inflation of the patient's diagnosis code to a more serious condition consistent with the false procedure code.
 
  A) ladder coding
  B) trade coding
  C) upcoding
  D) step coding

Question 2

Which of the following statements concerning the authority of prison officials is true?
 
  A) The authority of prison officials is unlimited.
  B) The authority of prison officials is limited.
  C) Prison officials have no authority per se, but must abide strictly by procedural guidelines.
  D) The authority of prison officials is limited in state prisons, but unlimited in federal prisons
  E) The authority of prison officials is limited in federal prisons, but unlimited in state prisons.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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