Define severity of illness, and summarize the basis of severity of illness scores
Severity of illness is the physiologic complexity that comprises the extent and interactions of a patient's disease(s) as presented to medical personnel. Severity of illness scores are based on physiologic measures of the degree of abnormality of individual signs and symptoms of a patient's disease(s). The more abnormal the signs and symptoms, the higher the score.
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When a diagnosis is ________, coders should not assign codes that are integral to the condition
Fill in the blank with correct word.
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For the cross-table supine reverse Swimmers projection, what type of angle is added to desuperimpose the shoulders from the spine?
A. 5° caudal B. 5° cephalic C. 15° caudal D. 15° cephalic
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