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    A Patient Admitted to a Hospital Is Given Two Diagnoses;
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A Patient Admitted to a Hospital Is Given Two Diagnoses;

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A patient admitted to a hospital is given two diagnoses; the diagnosis that indicates the reason the patient needs hospital care is the __________ diagnosis.

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