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Jkov05

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A patient is admitted to the hospital for repair of a recurrent incarcerated ventral hernia. The
  surgery is canceled after the chest x-ray revealed lower lobe pneumonia. The patient is placed
  on antibiotics for treatment of the pneumonia.
 A. K43.0, J18.9, Z53.09 C. K43.6, J18.9
  B. J18.9, K43.0, Z53.09 D. J18.9, J43.6

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The ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classifications include updated medical terminology and classification of diseases, provide codes to allow for the comparison of mortality and morbidity data, and provide __________ for the purpose of conducting research, designing payment systems, identifying fraud and abuse, and more.
 a. clinical decisions
  b. improved data
  c. measurement of care
  d. public health tracing


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potomatos

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

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Answer to Question 2

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Jkov05

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

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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