A flail segment occurs when:

A) mechanism of injury involves penetrating trauma.
B) a tension pneumothorax has occurred.
C) at least two ribs are broken during a blunt trauma incident.
D) two or more ribs are broken in two or more places.


D

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

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What is entered using the center section of the Repeat Change dialog box?

A. how often appointments should be scheduled B. when the repeating appointments should stop C. the day of the week on which appointments should be scheduled D. All of these are correct.

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_____ GEMs were created by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services as "crosswalks" between ICD-9 and ICD-10-CM/ PCS coding. 

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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The metric unit "liter" measures:

A) Area. B) Length. C) Volume. D) Weight

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