When a Patient Is Having a Knee Replacement, a Code

question 72

True/False

When a patient is having a knee replacement, a code for the resection of a joint is not assigned and is coded to the joint replacement.

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Definitions:

Bacterium's Resource

Bacterium's Resource refers to the nutrients and environmental conditions that support the growth and survival of bacteria.

Niche

The totality of an organism’s adaptations, its use of resources, and the lifestyle to which it is fitted in its community; how an organism uses materials in its environment as well as how it interacts with other organisms; also called ecological niche. See fundamental niche and realized niche.

Resource Partitioning

The reduction of competition for environmental resources such as food that occurs among coexisting species as a result of each species’ niche differing from the others in one or more ways.

Intraspecific Competition

Competition among members of the same species for resources such as food, space, and mates.