The administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required adoption of two types of code sets for encoding data elements. Describe the large code sets
Large code sets include coding systems for:
? Diseases, injuries, impairments, other health-related problems, and their manifestations
? Causes of injury, disease, impairment, or other health-related problems
? Actions taken to prevent, diagnose, treat, or manage diseases, injuries, and impairments
? Substances, equipment, supplies, or other items used to perform these actions
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A) Damage to the gall bladder B) Rupture of the small intestine C) Hemorrhage from the spleen D) Trauma to the right kidney
State a research question with regard to a public health issue and explain how and why 2.0 technologies could help to answer the question.
What will be an ideal response?