The Nаtiоnаl Cоrrect Cоding Initiаtives were developed to improve appropriate payment of Medicare Part B claims. A new employee is assigning codes for an abdominal hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries and both tubes; the procedure was performed as an outpatient. When the APC is assigned, the coder is alerted that the three procedure codes assigned cannot be used together during the same patient encounter. This alert is an example of: