Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding Offers the Uniformed Language Used

question 8

Multiple Choice

Current procedural terminology (CPT) coding offers the uniformed language used for reporting medical services and procedures performed by physician and nonphysician practitioners.Clinicians are paid based on calculated resource costs that, in turn, are based on practice components.Which of the following is a part of the components used to calculate the per CPT code payment rate?

• A)Clinician education loans
• B)Clinician practice liability and malpractice expense
• C)Clinician reported cost reduction efforts
• D)Clinician volume of patients treated

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