Describe how smoking affects wound healing
What will be an ideal response?
The correct answer should include at least two of the following points:
*Smoking causes vasoconstriction.
*Smoking increases platelet aggregation and clot formation.
*Smoking decreases tissue oxygenation.
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The removal of a self-retaining, indwelling ureteral stent should be reported with:
A. a separate code with modifier 58. B. no code. It is included in the placement code. C. two codes. D. a separate code.
Prior to the 1960s, those portions of the general population who had health insurance obtained it as a fringe benefit of their employment. This excluded two portions of the general population. In response, the federal government amended the Social Security Act in 1965 to provide two government subsidized health care programs. What are these two programs and what population do they cover?
What will be an ideal response?