A 23-year-old male patient has been shot with a rifle by an assailant standing in front of him. The bullet entered the victim's chest just above the left nipple and exited his body laterally left of his fourth lumbar vertebrae. Proper documentation of this injury would include:

A) Entry wound to the anterior thorax
B) Exit wound to the posterior thorax
C) Entry wound to the abdomen
D) Exit wound to the posterior torso


A) Entry wound to the anterior thorax

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