The administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required adoption of two types of code sets for encoding data elements. Describe the large code sets


Large code sets include coding systems for:
? Diseases, injuries, impairments, other health-related problems, and their manifestations

? Causes of injury, disease, impairment, or other health-related problems

? Actions taken to prevent, diagnose, treat, or manage diseases, injuries, and impairments

? Substances, equipment, supplies, or other items used to perform these actions

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A) 4, 1, 5, 2, 3 B) 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 C) 4, 3, 5, 2, 1 D) 3, 4, 5, 1, 2

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Monitoring and detection devices:

A. require specialized training. B. are often used by law enforcement. C. can be effective from extreme distances. D. may be used by Awareness-Level responders.

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The dry socket is packed with ____________

a. 2 x 2 gauze b. absorbent paper points c. iodoform gauze d. none of the above

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Which category of drug recalls involves the occurrence of irreversible damage or death to a patient?

Class II Class I Class IV Class III

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