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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a. lower right b. upper left c. lower left d. upper right

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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

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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)

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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.

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