A patient admitted from the emergency department with transient ischemic attack (TIA) and a severe headache. Carotid arteriogram revealed the TIA was due to insufficiency of right carotid artery associated with severe hypertension. A bilateral carotid endarterectomy was performed, and the patient was discharged on the fifth postoperative day. The principal diagnosis code is __________
a. G45.1
b. I10
c. I77.1
d. R51
a
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The appendix is located in the ________ portion of the large intestine
a. lower right b. upper left c. lower left d. upper right
A patient has been diagnosed with a coagulopathy and has been given Coumadin as a mode of treatment. What screening test(s) should be performed to monitor this treatment, and what effect will this therapy have on the coagulation pathway?
a. APTT; initial decrease in the vitamin K-dependent factors of the intrinsic pathway b. PT-INR; initial decrease in the vitamin K-dependent factors of the extrinsic pathway c. PT-INR and APTT; initial decrease in the vitamin K-dependent factors of all pathways d. PT-INR; initial decrease in all vitamin K-dependent serine proteases
A dash at the end of an ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries entry indicates that additional characters are required for a valid code.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The maximum number of electrons found in any energy level (shell) at any point in time is calculated by the formula
a. V= I x R. b. W = F x D. c. N = amu x Z. d. 2n^2.