XI: Components

Question 1

How are components used in PB?

Answer 1

Discount Billing, Global Billing, Reimbursement Contracts

Question 2

What are the most common component types used in RPB?

Answer 2

Procedure, Diagnosis and Modifier

Question 3

What are the different types of lists for entering codes in a component?

Answer 3

Singly, range, group or combination.

Question 4

How is “All procedures component” used?

Answer 4

Set the field to “yes”. Enter 0000 as the start of range and a bunch of “Z”s for the end range (0000, zzzzzzzzzzzz).

Question 5

Why do we add “px” to the end of procedure component names?

Answer 5

To distinguish them from the other types of components that can be built in the component masterfile.

Question 6

True or False: you cannot exclude procedure codes from components

Answer 6

False.