As a medical billing and coder do hipaa privacy regulations apply to a conversation with a friend about her denied claim coding error.
example; can i tell my friend that her claim was denied because of wrong coding and give her the correct code to bring to the doctor's office to get her claim resubmitted?

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

In 2009, a flu pandemic was believed to have originated when viral transmission occurred from pig to human, thereby earning the designation, "swine flu." although pigs are thought to have been the breeding ground for the 2009 virus, sequences from bird, pig, and human viruses were all found within this newly identified virus. what is the most likely explanation of why this virus contained sequences from bird, pig, and human viruses? a) the virus was descended from a common ancestor of bird, pig, and human flu viruses.b) the infected individuals happened to be infected with all three virus types.c) related viruses can undergo genetic recombination if the rna genomes mix and match during viral assembly.d) the human was likely infected with various bacterial strains that contained all three rna viruses.

Check all that occur during ventricular systole. a. the av valves open to allow blood to enter the ventricles from the atria. b. the av valves open to allow blood to enter the ventricles from the atria. c. the semilunar valves remain closed throughout systole to prevent backflow of blood into the ventricles. d. the semilunar valves remain closed throughout systole to prevent backflow of blood into the ventricles. e. the semilunar valves open to allow blood to flow into the large arteries. f. the semilunar valves open to allow blood to flow into the large arteries. g. the av valves close to prevent backflow of blood into the atria.