What might happen if there is a mistake in the code?

Practices and providers who have a history of coding mistakes may face fines and or federal penalties for fraud or abuse. To prove fraud occurred rather than abuse, the upcoding or miscoding of an event must occur over time and across a large number of patients.

in scientific notation, the value of the  speed of light in a vacuum

  will be written as 2.995 * 10^8. when this value is represented in the form of

  a * 10^b, then, a = 2.995 and b = 8.

the value of the speed of light in a vacuum given above can also be rounded up to approximately 300000000. in this case, the scientific notation will be written as 3 *10^8.