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When considering documentation provided in a patient portal, which of the following would be administrative data?

How do attending physicians use information provided in ancillary reports?

Why does the revenue cycle team need to collaborate with CDI specialists to understand payer variances without defaulting to Medicare rates across the board?

How does the Charge Description Master (CDM) serve as a revenue generator?

Which query gives the physician an opportunity to write a free text response, which may or may not align with the documentation needed to support code assignment?

BCH4024 F25 E2 Q19: Which molecule acts as a second messenger in the phosphoinositide pathway activated by PLC? 

BCH4024 F25 E2 Q37:  A novel organism has been found with a unique electron transfer chain. The Eo values for the individual components are as follows: Component A = -0.457mv Component B = -0.064 mv Component C = +0.321 mv Component D = -0.027 mv Component E =  + 1.004 mv What is the likely order of the transfer of electrons in this chain?

BCH4024 F25 E2 Q39: Estrogen binding to the estrogen nuclear hormone receptor stimulates cells to proliferate (grow and divide). Tamoxifen is a drug that was developed to treat breast cancer. It acts by binding the estrogen nuclear hormone receptor as an antagonist. How does tamoxifen alter gene expression in breast cancer cells?

BCH4024 F25 E2 Q13: A 62-year-old female comes to your office for her annual physical exam. She reports that she feels healthy. However, you note that over the past 10 years she has gained 40-lbs. Her fasting blood glucose level is 195 mg/dL (normal is less than100 mg/dL). Her Hb1Ac is 9%. She states that she rarely exercises and eats a high fat diet. You diagnose her with insulin resistance, which results in cells not responding well to insulin signaling.  Which of the following would most likely be observed in this patient?

BCH4024 F25 E2 Q48: A patient is suffering from a metabolic disorder in which his glucokinase affinity for glucose and capacity is similar to that of his normal hexokinase. What effect would this disorder likely have on blood glucose levels?