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Name a condition that is treated with Furosemide.
What is congestive heart failure?
What two words does the word "And" indicate when considering the coding a condition?
What is "and" and "or"?
Name the lower leg bone that represents the shin
What is the tibia? Sometimes known as the shin bone, is the larger and stronger of the two lower leg bones. It forms the knee joint with the femur and the ankle joint with the fibula and tarsus.
Name the root operation used for joining together portions of articular body part rendering the articular body part immobile.
What is fusion?
There are two types of MS-DRGs - Name them
What are Medical and Surgical?
Name a condition that is indicated by low hemoglobin
What is anemia?
Name a tabular note that provides sequencing direction.
What is a "Code first" note.
Name the organ this filters our blood.
What is the liver?
Name the approach for resection of tonsils
What is external?
Some DRGs have a higher weight when there is a MCC or CC - when there are three, what do we call these
What is a triad or tiered DRGs?
Name clinical indications for an acute myocardial infarction.
What are chest pain, elevated troponins or abnormal EKG?
Name the principal diagnosis for a patient admitted with a primary neoplasm with metastasis and treatment is directed only towards the metastasis.
What is secondary neoplasm (metastasis)?
Name one of the three layers of tissue that make up the meninges.
What is duramater, arachnoid and/or pia mater?
Name the body part known as the divider used to determine if a general body part is upper or lower.
What is the diaphragm?
There are five attributes that define a MS DRG - name two of them
What principal diagnosis, secondary diagnosis, gender, discharge status and procedure?
Name the clinical indicators for acute respiratory failure.
What are SOB, inability to speak in full sentences, pulse ox <88% on RA, <95% on O2, use of accessory muscles or pH <7.35 or >7.45
Name the condition for when a patient takes double the amount of Lasix than what is prescribed...
What is a poisoning?
Name the main blood vessel that supplies blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs
What is the abdominal aorta?
Name the qualifier for a biopsy that is performed for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
What is "Z"?
This DRG 195 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY - is the lowest of a three tiered DRG set, what can change this DRG to a higher weight
What is a Comorbidity/Complication (CC) or a Major Comorbidity/Complication (MCC)?
Name an antibiotic that treats MRSA pneumonia.
What is Vancomycin or Zyvox?
Name the principal diagnosis for a patient that presents with pneumothorax due to emphysema
What is emphysema? [Code first note]
Name the joint formed by the articulation of the femur, the long bone in the leg, with the pelvis. This joint serves a number of functions in the human body and it is one of the strongest and most durable joints
What is the hip joint?
Name the root operation used when a planned AV replacement is discontinued before any incision is made in the heart muscle, but after the initial thoracotomy
What is inspection?
What year were DRGs implemented for payment purposes?
What is 1983?