The function getchar() reads a single character from the standard input device, the keyboard being assumed because that is the standard input device, and assigns it to the variable a. The following program illustrates the use of getchar function.
These symptoms may also be caused by benign thyroid nodules, infection or inflammation of the thyroid gland, or a goiter. Thyroid nodules are classified to ICD-9-CM code 241.0, Nontoxic uninodular goiter. If a nodule is with hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxicosis, assign code 242.1x.
ICD-9-CM makes a point of saying that 06.2 should not be used to describe a partial sub-sternal thyroidectomy, which is more accurately described by 06.51. The isthmus is not considered a lobe, and when the isthmus is removed, the code used to describe that procedure is 06.39.