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captainjonesify

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Codes for symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions from ICD-10-CM Chapter 18 are not to be reported as the principal diagnosis __________.
 a. for inpatients who have comorbidities and complications
  b. if the attending physician documents a qualified diagnosis
  c. upon admission of the patient to the acute care hospital
  d. when a related definitive diagnosis has been established

Question 2

Which is that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care?
 a. admitting diagnosis
  b. principal diagnosis
 c. secondary diagnosis
  d. tentative diagnosis


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strudel15

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

d

Answer to Question 2

b


captainjonesify

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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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