The UHDDS defines other (additional) diagnoses as __________.
a. all conditions that coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or that affect the treatment received and/or the length of stay
b. final diagnoses documented upon admission of the patient to the hospital at which time a definitive diagnosis has been established
c. that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning theadmission of the patient to the hospital for care
d. the provisional or tentative diagnosis upon which initial hospital inpatient care is based, and it is obtained from the patient's attending physician
Question 2
When a patient undergoes surgery in the hospital's outpatient surgery department and is subsequently admitted for continuing inpatient care at the same hospital, __________.
a. always assign the reason for performing the hospital outpatient surgery as the principal diagnosis
b. deny the inpatient hospital admission because outpatient surgery never results in an admission
c. if the admitting diagnosis is unrelated to surgery, the principal diagnosis is the reason for surgery
d. when the reason for admission is a complication, assign the complication as the principal diagnosis
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