When a patient is admitted to an observation unit for a medical condition that either worsens or does not improve and is subsequently admitted as an inpatient to the same hospital for this same medical condition, the principal diagnosis is the __________
a. comorbidity that was documented by the attending physician
b. diagnosis that is qualified by words such as possible or probable
c. medical condition that led to the hospital inpatient admission
d. procedure or surgery performed in the hospital observation unit
c
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