A Physician Bills Separately for a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel and a Quantitative

Multiple Choice

A physician bills separately for a comprehensive metabolic panel and a quantitative glucose test, which is normally included in the metabolic panel. This is an example of which of the following fraudulent coding and billing practices?

A) Reporting services that were not performed
B) Reporting services at a higher level than was carried out
C) Performing procedures not related to the patient's condition
D) Billing separately for services that are bundled in a single procedure code
E) Reporting the same service twice