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Using your CPT coding manual, assign the correct code(s) for the procedure(s).  Enter your answers in the appropriate fields below as follows: If entering more than one code, separate your codes by a comma, and a space (ie. 22222, 33333) If using modifiers, use a dash without spaces (ie. 55555, 55554-RT, 55553) The surgeon performs a complete thyroidectomy, leaving the parathyroid glands intact. The wound is closed, and the patient tolerates the procedure well. CPT Code(s): Enter the coding path you followed in the index to get to your code(s)

Worth 2 points:  I’d like your feedback! Any constructive feedback is welcome.  I’m always looking for ways to make this course better, both for the rest of this term and for future students. Please take a moment to reflect and share: What’s working well for you so far? What isn’t working or could be improved? What suggestions do you have that could help improve the course? Any other feedback you want to share.

How many hours in total per week (total hours of going through the reading assignment + learning through recordings + working on Homework assignment) would a student need to spend to do well in any 3 credit-hour course held over a 6-week term? Note: A 3-credit hour course held in class over a 6-week term, meets in the classroom for 7 hours every week. Time for completing Reading Assignments and preparing for the course, Working on the Homework assignments will be EXTRA as you know.    

Indicate the location (City/Town, State, and Country) from where would you be doing this course this semester.  All the deadlines in this course are based on USA EDT times.

Worth 1 point.  A postpartum patient is ordered Methylergonovine (Methergine) 0.2 mg intramuscularly (IM) every 4 hours for postpartum hemorrhage. The medication is supplied as 0.25 mg/mL. The hospital policy requires that a maximum of 0.8 mg of Methylergonovine can be given in a 24-hour period.  How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? If the nurse administers the medication every 4 hours, how many doses will the patient receive in 24 hours? Will the total daily dose exceed the hospital policy maximum?

A frameshift mutation is usually caused by:

Patty, a student in a Veterinary Pharmacology class, had to be dismissed every 30 minutes to urinate. What group of drug(s) is she most likely on?

Telomerase is active in cancer cells because:

Bonus: What are the expected phenotypic (dominant:recessive) and genotypic (homozygous dominant: heterozygous: homozygous recessive) ratios from a monohybrid cross of two heterozygotes (Aa × Aa)?

Comparing genomes of different species helps researchers: