Determining whether a patient's illness is serious enough to require the current or proposed level of care is called __________

a. case mix management
b. intensity of services
c. severity of illness
d. value-based purchasing


c

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Match the names of the joints of the ankle and foot with their descriptions

1. Talocrural 2. Subtalar 3. Transverse tarsal 4. Tarsometatarsal 5. Metatarsophalangeal 6. Interphalangeal joints a) Series of gliding joints between the tarsal and the metatarsal bones. b) Hinge joint made up of the articulations of the tibia, fibula, and talus. c) Series of hinge joints between the various phalanges of each toe. d) Midtarsal gliding joint between the tarsals of the rearfoot and the midfoot. e) Ellipsoid joint made up of the articulations of the talus and calcaneus. f) Series of ellipsoid joints between the metatarsals and proximal phalanges.

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You have scored in the 65th percentile for your class. This means that your score is greater than or equal to 65% of all the scores in the class.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Every covered entity and software vendor must determine the appropriate mapping from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and from ICD-10 to ICD-9

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following are essential secretory structures of the mucociliary system? 1. Surface epithelial cells 2. Pseudostratified, columnar, ciliated epithelial cells 3. Surface goblet cells 4. Clara cells in the distal airway 5. Submucosal glands

a. 1 , 2, and 5 only b. 2, 3, and 5 only c. 1, 2, and 3 only d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

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