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arivle123

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Laboratory examinations focus exclusively on analyzing body fluids to determine their chemical or tissue makeup.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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When a claim is received from a hospital for clinic charges, there is often a room charge for the use of the facility and a separate physician charge. Which of the following is considered an appropriate handling procedure for such charges?
 
  a. Always submit the claim to a claims examiner first.
  b. CPT services are coded separately and subject to usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR) fees.
  c. If a hospital is billing for professional component charges separately from the actual lab or x-ray charges, make sure to keep them separate.
  d. If coded separately, the charge for physician treatment charges (professional fees) is not usually subject to UCR.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: F

Answer to Question 2

B




arivle123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


AngeliqueG

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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