Multiple Choice
The following coding habit would be most likely to trigger a payer audit:
A) Consistently billing the same, high level E/M service code
B) Consistently billing the same, low level E/M service code and consistently billing the same, high level E/M service code
C) Consistently billing the same, low level E/M service code
D) Billing an even distribution of low and high level E/M service codes
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