Author Question: Separating the components of a procedure and reporting them as billable codes with charges in order ... (Read 75 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

Separating the components of a procedure and reporting them as billable codes with charges in order to increase reimbursement rates is known as what?
a. Upcoding
b. Unbundling
c. Bundling
d. Downcoding

Question 2

Charts in the dental office must be ____________.
a. handwritten
b. written in pencil
c. written in ink
d. typed

javimendoza7 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c
RATIONALE: Charts in the dental office must be written in ink. The patient's chart is a legal document. Any changes to the chart must be made in ink and attached to the original chart. Charts are admissible evidence in a court of law.