What is the most important definition a coder should know?

Answer;

-Principal diagnosis

Explanation;

-Principal diagnosis is a condition established after study that is chiefly responsible for the admission of the patient to the hospital. The principal diagnosis is defined as the condition, after study, which occasioned the admission to the hospital.

-The principal diagnosis is not necessarily what brought the patient to the ER, but rather, what occasioned the admission. For example, a patient might present to the ER because he is dehydrated and is admitted for gastroenteritis.

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the potatoes have high sugar concentrations and although these potatoes were different we could seethe effects that their sugar concentrations had in different environments. for example, the potatoes in sample a, were placed in pure water. this created a hypertonic environment and caused the potatoes to draw in water from its surroundings. we saw the opposite happen with the potatoes in sample b when placed in the sodium chloride solution. the potatoes in this case were in a hypotonic solution and therefore lost water to their surroundings.