If You Code Visits by Profit and Not by Diagnosis

question 4

Multiple Choice

If you code visits by profit and not by diagnosis, you can engage in an unethical practice called ______.

• A) coding creep
• B) profit building
• C) mixed coding
• D) coding by objective

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Definitions:

Randomly

In a manner lacking any predictable pattern or plan, used in statistical sampling to ensure that every individual or element has an equal chance of selection.

Wavenumber

A measure of the number of wave cycles per unit distance, often used in physics and chemistry to describe the wavelengths of light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

Wavelength

The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.

Electromagnetic Radiation

Energy that travels through space in the form of waves, including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.