kjchmiel
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I am practicing to take the CPC exam and the question was regarding a burn patient. The question on the practice exam says "the patient was treated for 2nd and 3rd degree burns to the face, 2nd degree burn on his shoulders and forearms, and 3rd degree burns on the fronts of his thighs.
My practice exam says that the correct answer is 941.30, 943.29, 945.36, 948.42, E897.
I thought that a coder should always put the highest degree first, but this is putting the 943.29 (2nd degree burns to shoulders and forearms) in front of 945.36 (3rd degree burns to the front of the thighs.
I have read the guidelines over and over again. What is correct?