Problem:
Cynthia is 28 years old and pregnant. She presents to the emergency room complaining of diarrhea with watery bowel movements with incontinence, cramps, nausea, and vomiting for the past 12 hours. She is unable to keep anything down, including liquids. She has been eating a healthy diet and does not feel this problem is based on something she ate. After testing, she was found to have enteritis due to Clostridium difficile. She was admitted for hydration and further treatment. In what order should you report the diagnoses codes for Cynthia's condition? a. There are no sequencing rules that would apply to code this case. b. Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Finding Not Elsewhere Classified (Chapter 18). c. Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium (Chapter 15) codes first, followed by Infectious and Parasitic codes (Chapter 1). d. Infectious and Parasitic codes (Chapter 1), followed by Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium (Chapter 15) codes