When an inpatient is being discharged without a confirmed diagnosis, you will
A. wait until a confirmed diagnosis is reached.
B. code the suspected conditions listed on the discharge summary.
C. code the signs.
D. code the symptoms.
Answer: B
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a. a term that describes a patient who is in respiratory distress. b. a subjective complaint of shortness of breath. c. a term that describes your objective assessment of a patient's difficulty in breathing. d. another term for tachypnea.
Your supervising dentist asks you to perform a function you are not legally permitted to do even though he/ she tells you they will take responsibility. Would it be appropriate to perform the function?
Only if the patient consents to it Only if there is nobody else to do it Only if he/she watches you It is never all right to perform functions outside of your legally permitted duties.