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A patient fell asleep while driving a car on the highway, swerved off the highway, and hit a tree. The patient sustained multiple injuries, including left 2, 3, 4, and 5 rib fractures; traumatic hemothorax; and a lacerated spleen. How should this situation be coded? A. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.02xA B. S22.32xA, J94.2, S36.030A, V47.52xA C. S22.49xA, J94.2, S36.039A, V47.02xA D. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.52xA A patient fell asleep while driving a car on the highway, swerved off the highway, and hit a tree. The patient sustained multiple injuries, including left 2, 3, 4, and 5 rib fractures; traumatic hemothorax; and a lacerated spleen. How should this situation be coded? A. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.02xA B. S22.32xA, J94.2, S36.030A, V47.52xA C. S22.49xA, J94.2, S36.039A, V47.02xA D. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.52xA A patient fell asleep while driving a car on the highway, swerved off the highway, and hit a tree. The patient sustained multiple injuries, including left 2, 3, 4, and 5 rib fractures; traumatic hemothorax; and a lacerated spleen. How should this situation be coded? A. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.02xA B. S22.32xA, J94.2, S36.030A, V47.52xA C. S22.49xA, J94.2, S36.039A, V47.02xA D. S22.42xA, S27.1xxA, S36.039A, V47.52xA

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correct answer is A

BECAUSE patient was driving a car on a highway and swerved off the highway so it is not a road traffic accident .

non traffic accidents -occur in a place other than a public highway .

traffic accidents- occuring on public highway (orienting on , terminating on ,involving a vehicle partially on the highway

S22.42xA= multiple fractures of ribs

left side

S22.32xA=fracture of one rib , left side

S22.49xA=multiple fractures of ribs , unknown side

S27.1xxA= traumatic haemothorax

S36.039A=unspecified laceration of spleen

V47.52xA=driver of car accident with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident .

V47.02xA=driver of car accident /injured with fixed or stationary object in non traffic accident .

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