A patient most prone to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is a patient with:

a. myocardial infarction (MI).
b. pulmonary disease.
c. septic shock.
d. autoimmune disease.


ANS: C
The most common cause of MODS is septic shock, not MI, not pulmonary disease, and not au-toimmune disease.

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A) asthma. B) dyspnea. C) hyperventilation. D) apnea.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. patient claim number. B. individual claim number. C. encounter claim number. D. provider claim number.

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You have consulted the index in the CPT and discovered that a dressing for a burn is found in procedure codes 16010-16030. To correctly code the dressing for the burn, you should ________.

A. use the codes 16010 and 16030 B. check each code in the range to choose the correct code C. use the code 16010 D. use the code 16030 E. choose any code within this code range

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