When a patient undergoes surgery in the hospital's outpatient surgery department and is subsequently admitted for continuing inpatient care at the same hospital, __________
a. always assign the reason for performing the hospital outpatient surgery as the principal diagnosis
b. deny the inpatient hospital admission because outpatient surgery never results in an admission
c. if the admitting diagnosis is unrelated to surgery, the principal diagnosis is the reason for surgery
d. when the reason for admission is a complication, assign the complication as the principal diagnosis
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. clamp B. dilator
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