Section 2: Short Answer You should spend about 25 minutes on this section of the exam. 

​Patients may often try to compensate for the hearing loss. Which of the following is not a form of compensation?

In the kidney, most of the obligatory reabsorption of water occurs:

Which of the following case or cases qualifies as surgical within MDC 05 and why? ​ Patient A is treated for an acute myocardial infarction. During the inpatient hospital stay, a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is performed in the operating room. Patient B is treated for an acute myocardial infarction; testing procedures were performed during the stay.

If a hospital treats a high percentage of patients with lower incomes, it receives a percentage add-on payment applied to its adjusted base rate DRG payment under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). What is this add-on called?

Centrosomes                             1. participate in mitosis. 2. participate in translation of mRNA. 3. produce ATP molecules. 4. receive vesicles from the ER.

The target tissue for prolactin is/are the:

A blood pressure cuff should be the proper size. The recommended bladder length is ____ percent of the patient’s arm circumference, and the ideal width is at least ____ percent.

​The primary reason for performing a complete physical examination (CPE) is to determine the general state of health and well-being of the patient. The CPE can be performed for various reasons, such as:

How are patient diagnoses identified in the Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs) within the DRG system?