Which of the following best reflects the documentation of hemoglobin 13.5, WBC: 18,000?
a. The ordering, planning, or scheduling of any diagnostic service intended to assist in diagnosing the patient's presenting problem
b. Requesting or obtaining the patient's old medical records
c. Discussion of the results of a diagnostic test with the physician who performed that specific diagnostic test
d. The personal, independent visualization of the radiologic image, tracing, or scan by the physician who is performing the E/M service visit
Question 2
Which of the following statements best reflects a rule out diagnosis?
a. It is the final diagnosis identified through careful consideration, discernment, and clinical judgment
b. It is considered to be an uncertain likelihood, but one that could be the final diagnosis
c. It is intended to either prove that a specific diagnosis is the definitive diagnosis through diagnostic testing, data, and findings, or dismiss that specific diagnosis from any future consideration as the final diagnosis of the presenting problem
d. It is considered to be very plausible by the physician because of the findings, data, and information gathered about the presenting problem and the patient
The human oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve.
Dominant interactions between hemoglobin subunits
Two classical models for the cooperative ligand binding by hemoglobin
Sickle-cell hemoglobin
Structure of hemoglobin, the oxygen-transporting protein of red blood cells. It consists of four glo
Saturation curve for hemoglobin of humans, llamas, and other mammals.