9/9/08 - Logan Class of December 2011

-stroke = a tear of the vertebral artery forms a clot, then the clot breaks off and enters the brain-occurs in 1 out of 200,000 people-not HCFA anymore, but rather it is the CMS form-CPT codes: 5-digit code for services that you perform (** owned by AMA)-ICD-9: diagnosis codes-HCPCS: for supplies, products, services ................
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