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Discuss the CPT guidelines, modifiers, and add-on codes. Reviewing and understanding the basic of the CPT manual is the first step to becoming an effective medical biller and coder. And guidelines are the rules for CPT coding and give the biller and coder useful information on how to select and apply codes. Coders should always read the guidelines for proper coding selection. The guideline contains definitions of terms, applicable modifiers, explanation of notes, subsections information,…

Several years ago in the United States of America, uniforms were symbolic for a higher socioeconomic status in the private sector of education. Today many public school systems across America have eliminated a dress code and are implementing uniform policies. One in five elementary schools in the United States now requires uniforms, according to The National Center for Education Statistics (“Should Schools Require Uniforms?” 7). On the contrary there has been numerous debates over whether…

National Center for Education Statistics, over half of the United States’ schools have a form of dress code, yet they have not been enforced justly. Young girls have expressed their complaints about the “unfair and demeaning” use of dress code. Though having a uniform is supported by several schools in the United States, it is becoming an issue in the sense that the schools are now getting complaints about the sexism occurring due to the dress code. Uniforms were created to make students feel…

The Hammurabi code was written in 1750 B.C. by King Hammurabi, like stated in the title it is a code or in other words a set of rule or laws inscribed on a seven-foot basalt stele. It has a collection of 282 laws/standards that were nitpicked by the King himself. These rules/standards provide insight into the lives of ancient Mesopotamians demonstrating their values, society, and world. The intended audience of the Code of Hammurabi was the people of ancient Mesopotamia that were under the rule…

faculty continue to support dress codes while many students resist the steady increase in uniforms that is occurring in schools today. Both sides of the argument are well represented with structural evidence supporting them. Studies show that school uniforms can both improve test scores and well as prevent bullying in schools, yet the overall student opposition to uniforms can unintentionally cause negative repercussions in both of those areas. While uniforms and dress codes have always been…

local, and patient levels. Countries can use the ICD codes as is, though many, including the U.S., choose to create their own version…

school in the United States have adopted a dress code for their students. Pro-Con.org states that as of 2008, 22 states in the U.S. had authorized school districts to institute dress codes and or uniform policies. Occupytheory.org gives a number of reasons why schools should not have a dress code, but there is always those against not having a dress code. Certain schools do have standards of what the students may wear. There is numerous parents and staff members against having a dress code.…

Misogyny Starts with a Dress Code School dress codes started with a simple goal: to keep students safe and undistracted in a learning environment. However, many schools have taken this policy to the extreme. Hundreds of girls are sent home and humiliated each day at school for wearing shorts or a tank top in the summer season. Many female students are not permitted to wear tighter jeans, despite their youthful age. The strictly enforced dress codes in schools are extremely harmful to a young…

Many schools in the United States of America enforce dress codes. The schools include preschools, elementary schools, intermediate schools, junior high schools and high schools. Some of these schools are very strict on their dress codes and others have a specific school uniform that students are required to wear. A number of schools execute punishments to students who break the dress code. These punishments include in school suspension (ISS), out of school suspension, expulsion, and even wearing…

Building codes established and enforced in municipalities today regulate the construction of buildings and other structures to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public. Although some major cities in the United States still have their own building codes, most municipalities adopt a State code as the foundation for local building control, and modify the regulations through amendments based on their unique goals and resources. For example, Denver, Colorado, which historically…