The ______________________________ was created by CMS and is used to prevent unbundling of CPT codes

Which tissue is the most abundant in bone, tendons, and ligaments?

a. Nervous b. Connective c. Muscle d. Epithelial

A patient who has been receiving mechanical ventilation for a week has just developed VAP. How does this epidemiologic variable (time of onset) affect patient treatment and outcome?

A. no different than if the patient developed VAP after 2 days of mechanical ventilation B. involvement of multidrug resistant pathogens and increased mortality C. associated with antibiotic-sensitive bacteria, but increased mortality D. connected with variably sensitive bacteria and better prognosis