Unlike outpatient coding, which uses the patient's primary diagnosis, hospital coding uses the ________ diagnosis, which is the condition that was chiefly responsible for the patient's admission to the hospital.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
principal
The Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) defines the principal diagnosis as "that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care."
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A) "When we move him, let's go slowly down the stairs." B) "As long as I lean backward when moving him, we will be okay." C) "To be safe, let's move him quickly and at one time down the stairs." D) "We will have to call for assistance to get him from his house."
Which law required consumer reporting agencies to have reasonable and fair procedures?
A. FCRA B. HIPAA C. FDCPA D. FACTA
A measure of the concentration or amount of substances dissolved in urine is ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or ________, occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by an occlusion of a blood vessel (ischemia or embolism) or a ruptured blood vessel (hemorrhage) in the brain.
A. unconsciousness B. affixation C. heart attack D. stroke