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Question #: 211
Topic #: 1
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A patient was admitted with severe abdominal pain, elevated temperature, and nausea. The physical examination indicated possible cholecystitis. Acute and chronic pancreatitits secondary to alcoholism was recorded on the face sheet as the final diagnosis. The principal diagnosis is

  • A. alcoholism.
  • B. abdominal pain.
  • C. cholecystitis.
  • D. acute pancreatitis.
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
by Raffi at Nov. 29, 2020, 9:45 p.m.

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Raffi
Highly Voted 3 years, 1 month ago
The answer to this question is Chronic Pancreatitis: The principal diagnosis is NOT what brought the patient to the hospital. Rather the root cause of the admission, AFTER STUDY. In this case the patient was admitted for abdominal pain, but after study, physician found pancreatitis which caused the abdominal pain.
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Atieno
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Chronic Pancreatitis - after the physical examination indicated possible cholecystitis. Acute and chronic pancreatitits secondary
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