Susie Coder Is a Hospital Inpatient Coder

question 11

Multiple Choice

Susie Coder is a hospital inpatient coder. She is coding a complex Medicare record. She has to choose between two codes for the bill. Code A pays $3,400. Code B pays $9,700. The coding rules indicate that Susie should use code A. Susie uses code B. Susie is guilty of:

• A) miscoding.
• B) hospital coding.
• C) DRG coding.
• D) upcoding.

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