You are by the side of a young male patient who hit his head after diving from a hillside into a shallow lake. The patient is unresponsive and has a large hematoma to his forehead with abrasions all over his face. A paramedic asks you to apply painful stimuli to his arms and legs. You recognize that the paramedic wants you to assess for which type of injury or condition?
A) Alcohol intoxication
B) True unresponsiveness
C) Extremity fractures
D) Spinal injury
D) Spinal injury
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Codes next to the Main Term may be any of the following EXCEPT
a. a single code. b. a range of codes. c. nonsequential codes. d. unified codes.
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Which section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting includes guidelines for the selection of principal diagnosis for nonoutpatient settings?
a. Section I b. Section II c. Section III d. Section IV
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