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rachel9

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on: Jun 27, 2018
A patient was admitted to the hospital following an automobile accident in which he suffered five closed fractured ribs on the right, which resulted in a right lung laceration. During hospitalization, the patient complained of chest pain. EKG was normal. The patient also complained of severe headaches. CT scan of the brain was negative. A chest tube was inserted for drainage, and the next day a thoracotomy was performed to close the lung laceration. The principal diagnosis code is __________.
 a. R07.89
 b. R51
 c. S22.41xA
  d. S27.331A

Question 2

A patient was admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress with an admitting diagnosis of rule out carcinoma of the lung.. The patient has had a long history of chronic obstructive bronchitis. After work-up and treatment, the patient was discharged. The attending physician documented the following diagnoses on the face sheet: chronic obstructive bronchitis and acute bronchitis due to pneumococcus, essential hypertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease. The following procedures were documented on the face sheet: bronchoscopy with biopsy. The principal diagnosis code is __________.
 a. B95.3
 b. C34.90
  c. J44.0
 d. I10


pami445

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

d

Answer to Question 2

c


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