Author Question: When a patient has an adverse drug effect due to the wrong medication taken, the coder would ... (Read 84 times)

rayancarla1 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

When a patient has an adverse drug effect due to the wrong medication taken, the coder would reference the Table of Drugs and Chemicals and select a code from which of the following columns?
A) Accident
B) Poisoning
C) Therapeutic use
D) Unspecified

Question 2

Tommy Sick was admitted to Sunny Valley Hospital for an inguinal hernia repair because of increased pain due to the hernia. One hour before the surgery he was notified that his father had died, so the surgery was not completed. Which of the following is true regarding the principal diagnosis for this admission?
A) not recorded because the patient was discharged prior to completion of treatment
B) pain
C) inguinal hernia
D) failed attempted surgery