If a Patient Is Admitted to an Observation Unit in a Hospital

question 31

True/False

If a patient is admitted to an observation unit in a hospital for a medical condition and either does not improve or the condition worsens and is then admitted to the hospital as an inpatient, the coder will use the principal diagnosis as the condition that led to the actual hospital admission.

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