According to the ESRD prospective payment system, if a patient has more than one comorbidity, the comorbidity with the lowest adjustment factor affects the payment

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

False. (The comorbidity with the highest adjustment factor affects the payment.)

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You are called to a commercial creamery, where an employee got his arm trapped in the ice cream mixing machinery. You note that the skin has been pulled off his hand and arm from the mid forearm down. The patient's muscles, tendons, and bones are exposed. This type of injury is a(n):

A) amputation. B) skinning injury. C) degloving injury. D) crush injury.

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A burn that causes only pain, swelling, and redness is a ____. 

A. first-degree burn B. second-degree burn C. third-degree burn D. partial-thickness burn E. full-thickness burn

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