The designation of a single HCPCS code, as opposed to separate codes for the device and monthly supplies, will enable a straightforward payment structure for payers, replacing the need to use separate codes for the device and standard monthly supplies.
Some scientists speculate that viruses started as rogue segments of genetic code that adapted to a parasitic existence. All viruses contain nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA (but not both), and a protein coat, which encases the nucleic acid. Some viruses are also enclosed by an envelope of fat and protein molecules.In its infective form, outside the cell, a virus particle is called a virion. Each virion contains at least one unique protein synthesized by specific genes in its nucleic acid.ther viruslike particles called prions are composed primarily of a protein tightly integrated with a small nucleic acid molecule. Viruses are generally classified by the organisms they infect, animals, plants, or bacteria.
NUCLEIC ACID: Bacteria have DNA& RNA , Viruses have DNA some have RNA never both. REPRODUCTION: Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, Viruses need a host cell to replicate virus. ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY : Most of the time there is an abx that can target a bacteria, Viruses are not susceptible. SHAPE- Bacteria are cocci, rods and spirals cell wall dictates shape . Virus can have helical shape, icosahedral, and complex , capsid dictates shape. Describe the parts of a genome and its purpose.