Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

For Medicare services, the type of bill code in form locator 4 must include four digits.
2. The admission and discharge hour codes on the UB-04 form are based on military time.
3. A patient whose condition permits adequate time to schedule the service is reported as an
urgent admission.
4. If a patient were admitted to the hospital because of an auto accident, an occurrence code
would be used to describe the accident.
5. A condition code would be used to describe a situation in which neither the patient nor the
spouse is employed.

1.TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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