For coding purposes, which of the following is not a level of patient history? 

The fixed dollar amount a subscriber must pay or “meet” each year before the insurer begins to cover expenses is the ____. 

What does the ICD convention NEC indicate? 

In the ICD-10-CM Tabular List, which convention shows that a term is incomplete and must be combined with the words listed below to create the correct category?

Any payment the physician’s office makes for goods or services is called ____.

An account that is open to charges made occasionally as needed is called a(n) ____. 

For reporting purposes, CPT considers a patient “new” if the patient has not received professional services within the past ____ year(s). 

Which of the following is appropriate when placing an initial call to a patient about collections? 

Patients who belong to a managed care health plan, such as an HMO, are responsible for a small per-visit fee collected at the time of the visit. This fee is commonly called a(n) ____. 

The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) was developed for use in coding services for ____.