Subcategories of hospital inpatient evaluation and management services include initial hospital care, which includes the __________
a. admission and discharge from observation/inpatient status on the same day
b. final examination of the patient, discussion of hospital stay with patient or caregiver, instructions for continued care, and preparation of discharge records, prescriptions, and referral forms
c. inpatient's first encounter
d. review of the chart for changes in patient's condition, results of diagnostic studies, and/or reassessment of patient's condition since performance of last assessment
c
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If the computer screen used for abstracting limits the number of external cause codes that can be reported, the coder should report:
a. the combination code for the intent and causal even most closely related to the principal diagnosis. b. only the intent codes. c. only the causal even codes most closely related to the principal diagnosis. d. the combination code for the intent and causal event most closely related to the secondary diagnoses.
Order from the smallest to the largest: 0.280, 0.4, 0.208, 0.015
What will be an ideal response?