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You are educating the parent of a 3 month old patient in your practice about weight loss. You tell the parent that a weight loss of _____ % in 48 hours is concerning. If this should happen, please follow up immediately as we will need to draw your babies blood to check their _______. Select one percentage value and one lab work.

High security containers must be supported by alarm systems and frequent inspections. True or false?       

Name layer A indicated.

Name layer B indicated.

Perform the addition or subtraction and write the result in standard form. ​

Find the quotient and remainder using long division. ​

Use the following table to answer the question.   MS-DRG Description Number of Patients CMS Relative Weight 470 Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC 2,750 1.9871 392 Esophagitis, gastroent & misc. digestive disorders w/o MCC 2,200 0.7121 194 Simple pneumonia & pleurisy w CC 1,150 1.0235 247 Perc cardiovasc proc 2 drug-eluting stent w/o MCC 900 2.1255 293 Heart failure & shock w/o CC/MCC 850 0.8765 313 Chest pain 650 0.5489 292 Heart failure & shock w CC 550 1.0134 690 Kidney & urinary tract infections w/o MCC 400 0.8000 192 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC 300 0.8145 871 Septicemia w/o MV 96+ hours w MCC 250 1.7484 Which individual MS-DRG has the highest reimbursement?

If a query is submitted to the provider, and the coder receives no response within 5 days to a week, the coder should:

The provider performed an open coronary bypass on two internal mammary arteries, one right, one left. Zooplastic tissue was used. The correct ICD-10-PCS code or codes reported are:

The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits contain a listing of codes under two columns titled “comprehensive codes” and “component codes.” According to the CCI edits, when a provider bills Medicare for a procedure that appears in both columns for the same beneficiary on the same date of service,