When an inpatient admission is for treatment of a complication ...

[ts19998]

When an inpatient admission is for treatment of a complication resulting from surgery or other medical care, the complication code is sequenced as the __________ diagnosis.
 a. comorbid
 b. complication
  c. principal
 d. secondary

Question 2

Even though treatment may not have been carried out during an inpatient stay due to unforeseen circumstances, the condition which, after study, occasioned the admission to the hospital is sequenced as the __________ diagnosis.
 a. comorbid
 b. complication
  c. principal
 d. secondary

[carlsona147]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c