If One Code Exists with a Description That Includes Two

question 4

Multiple Choice

If one code exists with a description that includes two or more diagnoses identified in one patient at the same time, you must choose the code that includes as many conditions as available. These codes are known as:

• A) combination codes.
• B) unspecified codes.
• C) specified NEC.
• D) differential codes.

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Definitions:

Automatic Processing

Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings.

Conscious Awareness

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, and environment.

Iconic Memory

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.