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A 46 year old female had a previous biopsy that indicated positive malignant margins anteriorly on the right side of her neck.  A 0.5 cm margin was drawn out and a 15 blade scalpel was used for full excision of an 8 cm lesion.  Layered closure was performed after the removal.  The specimen was sent for permanent histopathologic examination.  What are the CPT code(s) for this procedure?

A patient comes to his physician’s office with a prior diagnosis of a Colles type distal radius fracture.  He complains that the cast he currently has is too tight and is causing numbness in his fingers.  they physician removes the cast to ensure that the patient’s circulation is intact.  He then reapplies a short arm fiberglass cast and checks the patient’s neurovascular status several times during the procedure.  The patient is given instructions to follow-up with his orthopedist within seven days.

A patient comes into her doctor’s office for her weekly blood sugar check.  The LPN on staff draws her blood, and the visit takes a total of about five minutes.

A patient presents to the ER with intractable nausea and vomiting, along with abdominal pain that radiates into her pelvis.  the physician orders a CT scan of the abdomen, first without contrast and then followed by contrast, and a CT of the pelvis, without contrast.

A toxic buildup of nitrogenous waste products associated with excessive vomiting, diarrhea, and cardiac arrhythmia is called:

Urine ejection will not occur unless which event(s) takes place?

If the extracellular fluid (ECF) becomes hypotonic with respect to the intracellular fluid (ICF), which event will likely occur?

Which of the following describes the mechanism by which antidiuretic hormone (ADH) functions?

Micturition is another term for ________.

In the thick ascending limb of the nephron loop, ________.