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ETearle

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After a procedure was performed on Mr. Glass, he developed complications and had to be taken back to the operating room where the thoracotomy site needed to be reopened. The procedure for reopening the site would be coded to which of the following?
 A) 34.9X Operations on the Thorax
  B) 34.5X Pleurectomy
  C) 34.2X Diagnostic Procedures on Chest Wall, Pleura, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm
  D) 34.0X Incision of Chest Wall and Pleura

Question 2

An inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord or brain is known as __________.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



choc0chan

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

meningitis



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