C. An initial service is when the patient has received any professional services from the physician or other QHP of the exact same specialty or subspecialty who belongs to the exact same group practice, during the inpatient, observation, or nursing facility admission and stay.
This statement is false because an initial service is typically defined as when the patient has not received any professional services from the same provider or group practice during the admission and stay.
Which is a false statement?
Worth 4.000 points.
A. Initial and subsequent services in the inpatient setting parallel the new and established visits for office and other outpatient services.
B. When the patient is admitted to the hospital as an inpatient or to observation status from another site, the services of the initial site can be reported.
C. An initial service is when the patient has received any professional services from the physician or other QHP of the exact same specialty or subspecialty who belongs to the exact same group practice, during the inpatient, observation or nursing facility admission and stay.
D. An initial service is when the patient has not received any professional services from the physician or other QHP of the exact same specialty or subspecialty who belongs to the exact same group practice, during the inpatient, observation or nursing facility admission and stay.
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