A 44-year-old male sustained a laceration to his left ear during a minor car accident. Your assessment reveals minimal bleeding. Appropriate care for this injury includes:
A. padding between the ear and the scalp.=
B. covering the wound with a moist dressing.
C. applying a tight pressure dressing.
D. packing the ear with sterile gauze pads.
Answer: A. padding between the ear and the scalp.=
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a. the medical record contains additional details about the condition, but there is no more specific code available for use. b. information to assign a more specific code is not available in the medical record. c. none of the codes appearing after this term should be used with the original code itself. d. more than one code may be required to fully describe the condition.
All of the following are improper fractions EXCEPT:
A) 8/6. B) 5/4. C) 4/5. D) 3/2.
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A) 24-year-old female who was sniffing glue and is now complaining of a headache B) 17-year-old male who drank bleach 30 minutes ago C) 27-year-old who intentionally took a large amount of Tylenol 45 minutes ago D) 53-year-old female who took an overdose of antidepressants earlier in the day
The scrambling of information during electronic claims submission to prevent it from being read by unauthorized individuals is known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).