The term _______ means “lack of appetite.”

Why are coding guidelines important?

A nurse in a burn unit noted the clients stool has evidence of blood this morning. The healthcare provider has ordered stool for occult blood. The nurse expects additional orders based on this finding. What orders would the nurse expect?  

A nurse caring for a client who fell at home and sustained a spinal cord injury. As a result, the client is in a neurologic intensive care unit suspected of suffering from neurogenic shock. Which of the following assessment by the nurse indicates the diagnosis?

Where do you find the main and subterms?

Medical coding embodies every aspect of a(n):

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established standards for the transaction and code sets.

Appendectomy means

The ICD has its roots in the _______________ when the study of disease began with the work of ______________________ on the London Bills of Mortality.  [BLANK-1]

A condition in which the colon is extremely enlarged is