When Doing Discharge Teaching for a Patient Who Has Had

question 13

Multiple Choice

When doing discharge teaching for a patient who has had an emergency splenectomy following an automobile accident, the nurse will teach the patient about the increased risk for

• A) infection.
• B) lymphedema.
• C) chronic anemia.
• D) prolonged bleeding.

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Definitions:

ICD-9

An abbreviation for the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, a system used for coding and classifying diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, and external causes of injury or diseases.

ICD-9

International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision; a coding system used for diagnosing and classifying diseases before being replaced by ICD-10.

ICD-10

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, a medical classification list of diagnostic codes for the coding of diseases, symptoms, and procedures.

Conventions

A list of abbreviations, punctuation, symbols, typefaces, and instructional notes appearing in the beginning of the ICD-9. The items provide guidelines for using the code set.