When a patient experiences a severe spinal injury, he or she:
A. will likely be paralyzed from the neck down.
B. may lose sensation below the level of the injury.
C. most commonly has a palpable spinal deformity.
D. often loses motor function on one side of the body.
Answer: B. may lose sensation below the level of the injury.
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The 6-second method for calculating the rate of a cardiac rhythm:
A) involves counting the number of QRS complexes in a 6-second strip and multiplying that number by 10. B) is an accurate method for calculating the heart rate if the cardiac rhythm is grossly irregular and very fast. C) will yield an estimated heart rate that is typically within 2 to 3 beats per minute of the actual heart rate. D) takes longer than other methods of calculating the rate and is thus impractical to use with critical patients.
A patient is seen in the emergency department with a severe headache that is not responding to over the counter medications. The physician performs a detailed history and examination with medical decision making of high complexity. What is the correct E/M code for this encounter?
a. 99282 b. 99283 c. 99284 d. 99285