If a patient is admitted within ________ hours of an emergency department visit, the billing for the ED visit is cancelled and changed to inpatient billing

______________ ______________ are caused by drug induced damage to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) present in the male and female gametes

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Unlike outpatient coding, which uses the patient's primary diagnosis, hospital coding uses the ________ diagnosis, which is the condition that was chiefly responsible for the patient's admission to the hospital.

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