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Author Question: A patient is admitted with acute gangrenous cholecystitis with cholelithiasis. A. K80.00 C. K81.0, ... (Read 88 times)

tichca

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A patient is admitted with acute gangrenous cholecystitis with cholelithiasis.
 A. K80.00 C. K81.0, K80.80
  B. K80.12 D. K80.32

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ICD-10-CM far exceeds ICD-9-CM in the number of codes provided, having been expanded to __________.
 a. delete fifth digits for some codes
  b. include health-related conditions
  c. mandate assignment of just three characters
  d. reduce specificity at the sixth-digit level


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sultana.d

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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tichca

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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