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What is the practice of using multiple codes to bill for various individual steps in a single procedure, rather than using a single code that includes all of the steps of the comprehensive procedure?

a. Utilizationb. Upcodingc. Need-to-knowd. Unbundling

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Answer:

Answer is d, Unbundling

Step-by-step explanation:

Unbundling is a term used in medical billing or coding, and it is also known as fragmentation.

Unbundling can be described or explained as the separate billing of two or more codes that are normally incidental to another, this will also involves the use of a modifier in order to bypass the edit.

In this case, it can be explained further, as a situation whereby the health practitioner, for example a surgeon, uses billing codes for two or more separate procedure, especially when the procedures were actually performed together.

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