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Multiple Choice:
1. A physician's description of the main reason for a patient's encounter is called the
diagnostic statement.
2. A late effect remains after a patient's acute illness or injury.
3. If a fracture is not recorded as either closed or open, it is coded as closed.
4. When diagnostic codes are reported, the code for the primary diagnosis is listed first,
followed by the current coexisting conditions.
5. The guidelines of not assigning diagnostic codes for suspected or probable conditions are
referred to as "coding to the high level of certainty".
6. After surgery, the patient's diagnosis is different from the preoperative primary diagnosis.
Which diagnosis is coded? Postoperative.