ICD-10-CM Chapter 3, Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism contains eight blocks or subchapters which are divided by type of condition

Inflammatory cells have difficulty limiting the colonization of microorganisms in infective endo-carditis because the:

a. microorganisms are resistant. b. valves are avascular. c. microorganisms are sequestered in a fibrin clot. d. colonies overwhelm the phagocytes.

________ occurs when an object impacting the body has a small surface area

A) Penetrating trauma B) Kinetic energy C) Blunt trauma D) Potential energy