A plus sign (+) is used to indicate 

A. modifiers.
B. primary codes.
C. V codes.
D. add-on codes.


D. add-on codes.

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SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).Your patient is a 78-year-old woman whose breathing is labored and audible. She is pale but conscious. Her son tells you that she went to the doctor that morning, was diagnosed with pneumonia, and has a prescription for antibiotics, but that a few hours later she appeared to take a turn for the worse.Because of her pneumonia, your patient may have an inadequate amount of oxygen in her blood. To test this, you place her finger into a pulse oximeter. The normal range for oxygen saturation is:

A. 54% to 70%. B. 89% to 93%. C. 75% to 85%. D. 94% to 99%.

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Because of its size and large amount of myocardium it supplies, if the left anterior descending artery becomes totally occluded, the massive myocardial infarction is termed a:

A) widowmaker B) housemaker C) moneymaker D) scarmaker

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Which of the following best describes a feeling of alarm at the expectation of danger?

A) Fear B) Rage C) Phobia D) Stress

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In a ________ procedure, the skin is punctured or a very small incision is made to access the site

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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