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Richard is admitted for chemotherapy for leukemia. Chemotherapy is administered. Given this information,

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:16 pm
by answerhappygod
Richard is admitted for chemotherapy for leukemia. Chemotherapy is administered. Given this information,

A. the leukemia code and a procedure code for the chemotherapy will be assigned.
B. an admission for chemotherapy code and a chemotherapy procedure code will be assigned.
C. an admission for chemotherapy code, a leukemia code, and a procedure code for the chemotherapy should be assigned and the principal diagnosis will be the admission for chemotherapy V code.
D. an admission for chemotherapy code, a leukemia code, and a procedure code for the chemotherapy should be assigned and the principal diagnosis will be the leukemia code.