Suzie came in contact with a co-worker who was diagnosed with varicella. Suzie has no signs or symptoms of the disease. She visits Dr. Hearn to be on the safe side. The coder should assign code:
A. Z20.811.
B. Z20.820.
C. Z20.810.
D. Z20.828.
Answer: B
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A) patient data. B) secondary data. C) primary data. D) All of the above E) None of the above
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A. The child is in the early stages of his asthma? attack, and is showing signs of respiratory distress. B. The? child's asthma was exacerbated by exercise and he is therefore tired. Rest will ease his respiratory distress. C. Because of decreased? respiratory, cardiovascular, and stored energy? reserves, the? child's muscles have fatigued and he is now in respiratory failure. D. The patient is having some respiratory? difficulty; however, a nebulizer treatment will likely correct all issues.
On which of the following areas have epidemiologists most recently started to focus their attention as it is the fastest growing problem in the United States?
A. nutritional deficiencies B. chronic and degenerative diseases C. environmental hazards
On a prescription, "1 tab po daily #90" would be described as which of the following?
A) subscription B) superscription C) inscription D) signa