From the insurance carrier's perspective, if a service is NOT documented in the medical record, the:
patient should be contacted to confirm the service was rendered.
medical office specialist should be contacted to modify the record.
physician should verbally verify that the service was provided.
service was not performed and cannot be billed.
Answer: service was not performed and cannot be billed.
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