If the same condition is described as both acute and chronic and the ICD-9-CM provides separate codes, then both codes are used and __________ is sequenced first

An emergency medication order comes in for pain medication for a 51-year-old man who has just been admitted to the Emergency Department after being hit by a car. This patient needs medication:

A) Before the end of the shift. B) Standing by in case the physician determines that he needs it. C) Immediately. D) At regular intervals.

A 32-year-old man presented with a 1 x 2 cm macular red-blue lesion in his hard palate. The lesion was asymptomatic and had been present for an unknown duration. He had no dental ab-normalities and no significant periodontal disease. This could be all the following except:

a. Vascular malformation b. Nicotine stomatitis c. Ecchymosis d. Kaposi's sarcoma e. Erythroplasia