Monitoring, in ICD-10-PCS, Is Defined as Determining the Level of a Physiological

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True/False

Monitoring, in ICD-10-PCS, is defined as determining the level of a physiological function at a point in time.

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Definitions:

Mantoux

A skin test that determines if someone has been exposed to the tuberculosis bacterium by injecting a small amount of tuberculin into the skin.

Wound Culture

A laboratory test involving the growth of microorganisms from a wound to identify an infection.

Exudate

Fluid, such as pus or clear fluid, that leaks out of blood vessels into nearby tissues as a response to inflammation.

Jaundice

A yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the overproduction or poor metabolism of bilirubin.