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- CPT® CONTENT AVAILABLE IN Supercoder Any part of the Services or the Site that include access to CPT® content is bound by the terms of this Section IV. The CPT® content is copyright 2012 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT®, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein. The responsibility for the content of any "National Correct Coding Policy" included in the Services is with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and no endorsement by the AMA is intended or should be implied. The AMA disclaims responsibility for any consequences or liability attributable to or related to any use, nonuse or interpretation of information contained in this product. CPT® is commercial technical data and/or computer data bases and/or commercial computer software and/or commercial computer software documentation, as applicable, which was developed exclusively at private expense by the American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60610. U.S. Government rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose these technical data and/or computer data bases and/or computer software and/or computer software documentation are subject to the limited rights restrictions of DFARS 252.2277015(b)(2) (November 1995) and/or subject to the restrictions of DFARS 227.7202-1(a) (June 1995) and DFARS 227.7202-3(a) (June 1995), as applicable, for U.S. Department of Defense procurements and the limited rights restrictions of FAR 52.227-14 (June 1987) and/or subject to the restricted rights provisions of FAR 52.227-14 (June 1987) and FAR 52.227-19 (June 1987), as applicable, and any applicable agency FAR Supplements, for non-Department of Defense Federal procurements.
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- HCPCS Coding Clinic This product contains AHA CODING CLINC® FOR HCPCS content which is commercial technical data and/or computer data bases and/or commercial computer software and/or commercial computer software documentation, as applicable, which was developed exclusively at private expense by the American Hospital Association, 155 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60606. U.S. government rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose these technical data and/or computer data bases and/or computer software and/or computer software documentation are subject to the limited rights restrictions of DFARS 252.227-7015(b)(2) (November 1995) and/or subject to the restrictions of DFARS 227.7202-1(a) (June 1995) and DFARS 227.7202-3(a) (June 1995), as applicable, for U.S. Department of Defense procurements and the limited rights restrictions of FAR 52.227-14 (December 2007) and/or subject to the restricted rights provisions of FAR 52.227-14 (December 2007) and FAR 52.227-19 (December 2007), as applicable, and any applicable agency FAR Supplements, for non-Department of Defense Federal procurements.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TERMINATION OF SERVICES
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- The accuracy, quality, or performance of the Services.
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PRIVACY POLICY
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ENFORCEMENT
In the event TCI determines, in its sole discretion, that you have violated this Agreement, TCI shall have the right to immediately suspend your access to the Site and Services without prior notice to you, and/or pursue any other remedies available to it under applicable law.
ARBITRATION
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be conducted in Durham, North Carolina, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, TCI may seek injunctive or other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, necessary to protect the rights or the property of TCI (or its agents, suppliers, and subcontractors), pending the completion of arbitration.
MISCELLANEOUS
TCI's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
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