Explain reasoning for pinching skin and plucking hair during a routine skin scrape
Pinching helps to force external parasites out of the hair follicle. A small sample of hair is
routinely plucked for a skin scrape as fungal elements have been known to adhere to the hair
follicle.
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You have been called for an intoxicated male who sustained a full-thickness burn to his leg after passing out against a kerosene heater. After ensuring that his airway, breathing, and circulation are intact, you cool the burn with water and then:
A) Carefully remove smoldering fabric that is adhered to the skin B) Cover the burn with a burn sheet soaked in warm sterile water C) Carefully wrap the burn with a dry sterile dressing D) Apply ice packs and secure in place with a sterile dressing
The first step in assigning an ICD-10-CM code is to ________.
A. locate the code in the Tabular List B. match the code description in the Tabular List with the diagnosis in the patient's medical record C. identify the first-listed diagnosis D. list all diagnosis codes (up to four) on the insurance claim form
Which condition includes several variations of nerve or vascular compressions near the base of the neck and upper rib cage?
A) frozen shoulder B) rotator cuff injury C) supraspinatus tendinosis D) thoracic outlet syndrome
Digital images can be attached as digital data files and sent to which of the following?
a. Other dental offices b. Insurance companies c. Patients via letters d. All of the above