If the Physician Cannot Determine the Diagnosis at the Time

question 18

Multiple Choice

If the physician cannot determine the diagnosis at the time of the encounter, the coder should:

• A) wait until a definite diagnosis is made.
• B) ask the physician to guess at a possible diagnosis.
• C) code the symptoms, signs, or reason for the encounter.
• D) code any preexisting or coexisting conditions.

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Definitions:

Departmental Overhead Method

A technique in accounting used to allocate overhead costs to specific departments based on relevant allocation bases such as direct labor hours or machine hours.

Volume-related Measures

Quantitative assessments related to the amount or size of something, especially used in the context of production and sales.

Overhead Costing Accuracy

The degree to which allocated overhead costs accurately represent the actual expenses incurred by the production process or specific products.

Plantwide Overhead Rate

An overhead allocation rate used throughout an entire plant or company to allocate indirect costs to products.