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Case 5.2 Vincent Is Awoken in the Middle of the Night by Night

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Case 5.2
Vincent is awoken in the middle of the night by a sound outside his house. He takes a loaded .38 pistol from his nightstand and proceeds downstairs to his kitchen to check on the noise. He encounters a stranger in his kitchen. The stranger hits him in the face knocking him to the floor. As he gets up his see the man running out his kitchen door. Vincent shoots the man through the kitchen door.

-Which of the following rules is most applicable to this case?


Definitions:

ICD-10

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, a medical classification list by the World Health Organization, used for coding diseases, signs, symptoms, and procedures.

Mitral Regurgitation

A condition in which the heart's mitral valve does not close tightly, allowing blood to flow backward in the heart.

ICD-9

The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, a system used for coding and classifying mortality data from death certificates.

Echocardiogram

An echocardiogram is a diagnostic test using ultrasound waves to create images of the heart, assessing its function and structure.

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