Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) — Question 157

Patient was found at home in a hypoglycemic coma. This patient had never been diagnosed as being diabetic.

Answer options

• A. 250.30
• B. 251.0
• C. 251.1
• D. 251.2 B

Correct answer:

Explanation

The correct answer is B. 251.0, which indicates hypoglycemia not due to diabetes. The other options refer to different forms of diabetes or conditions related to chronic diabetes, which do not apply in this case as the patient has never been diagnosed with diabetes.