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Strengthen Basics of Pulmonary Embolism to Make Your Way to Correct Code

Published on Wed Jan 27, 2016

What is a pulmonary embolism? Pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lung that usually comes from smaller vessels in the leg, pelvis, arms, or heart. The clot travels upward through the vessels of the lung continuing to reach smaller vessels until it gets trapped in a vessel that is too small to allow it to continue farther. The [...]
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