Author Question: If a patient sustains more than one burn, the first code SHOULD: A) be the largest area of ... (Read 49 times)

silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

If a patient sustains more than one burn, the first code SHOULD:

A) be the largest area of damage.
B) always be a burn even if other conditions, such as smoke inhalation, exist.
C) the primary care provider will sequence the diagnoses in the order in which they should be coded.
D) reflect the highest degree of burn.

Question 2

Burns are described by the depth of tissue damage, but corrosions are NOT.

A) True
B) False