When a Patient Has No Symptoms of a Disease and the Provider

question 48

Multiple Choice

When a patient has no symptoms of a disease and the provider performs the tests for that disease at the patient's request, the provider has committed which of these fraudulent coding and billing practices?

• A) Reporting services that were not performed
• B) Reporting services at a higher level than was carried out
• C) Performing procedures not related to the patient's condition
• D) Billing separately for services that are bundled in a single procedure code
• E) Reporting the same service twice

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