Peak & Vale Accountants Provides Other Firms with Accounting Services

question 28

Multiple Choice

Peak & Vale Accountants provides other firms with accounting services.Questions of what is ethical involve the extent to which Peak & Vale has

• A)a legal duty beyond those duties mandated by ethics.
• B)an ethical duty beyond those duties mandated by law.
• C)any duty beyond those mandated by both ethics and the law.
• D)any duty when it is uncertain whether a legal duty exists.

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Definitions:

Default Codes

Pre-determined codes used in various systems (such as medical billing) when specific details are not provided, to facilitate processing.

ICD-10-CM General Note

Supplementary information or guidelines provided within the ICD-10-CM coding system to assist in the proper application of the codes.

Main Term

The primary or most significant word or phrase used to describe the content or main subject of a document.

ICD-10-PCS

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System; a system used by healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures.