Why is it important to position the patient properly prior to venipuncture?

a. promotes needle safety
b. patient comfort and safety
c. reduces the transmission of pathogens
d. allows the phlebotomist to get comfortable also

B

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A) puncture wound. B) laceration. C) avulsion. D) contusion.

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Which instruction after a main term or a subterm in the ICD-10-CM index directs the coder to the ICD-10-CM tabular list, where a code can be selected from the options provided there?

a. see b. see also c. see category d. see condition

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