If a laboratory bills for a general health panel but fails to perform one of the tests, it is guilty of which of these 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
A. Reporting services that were not performed
A laboratory that bills for a general health panel but does not perform one of the tests included in the panel is guilty of reporting services that were not performed.
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