You’re a hospital medical coder who passed a certified medical coder examination, but you have no experience in the field. What certification might you be awarded?

A. CPC-H-A
B. CPC-A
C. CCS
D. CCS-P

Anurse is monitoring the laboratory values of a client who is receiving heparin. which of the following values should the nurse report to the provider? a. platelets 300,000/mm3 b. hematocrit 45% c. pt 11 seconds d. aptt 50 seconds

Ms. b is a 40-year-old woman who is the ceo of a struggling company. lately she has been experiencing headaches that are so severe that she gets dizzy and nauseated, and she is unable to carry out her usual daily routines. she reports that they usually begin as a throbbing pain in the left temple and then seem to spread throughout her head. a diagnosis of migraine headache is made after several tests. based on the patient history and signs and symptoms, discuss this type of headache and its physiological causes. discuss the available treatments to prevent and/or relieve the patient’s migraine.

During an open inguinal hernia repair, which of the following incisions will be made? a. mcburney b. oblique c. lower midline d. subcostal