The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will make an adjustment to the MS-DRG
payment for certain conditions that the patient was not admitted with, but were acquired during
the hospital stay. Therefore, hospitals are required to report an indicator for each diagnosis. This
indicator is referred to as
A. a sentinel event.
B. a payment status indicator.
C. a hospital acquired condition.
D. present on admission.
D
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The father of a 45-year-old male with mental retardation summoned EMS because his son was not acting right. The patient is awake, but is nonverbal, which is not typical per the father. Your assessment reveals no abnormalities, and vital signs are normal. When calling the chief complaint into the hospital you would state that the patient:
A) "has an unknown chief complaint at this time." B) "is awake and nonverbal." C) "is not acting himself per his father." D) "appears to be sick and not feeling well."
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false