Typically, the primary diagnosis and the principal diagnosis are the same diagnosis, but this is not necessarily always so. Principal diagnosis is defined as the condition, after study, which occasioned the admission to the hospital, according to theICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
UTC -8/-7, UTC -7/-6. Nevada is an arid state of the USA, lying between California and Utah. Most of the state is within the Great Basin, but parts of the northeast drain into the Snake River and the the southern portion is within the Mojave desert and the Colorado river drainage.
The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America. It is located in the southwestern United States, primarily within southeastern California and southern Nevada, and it occupies a total of 47,877 sq mi. Very small areas also extend into Utah and Arizona. Its boundaries are generally noted by the presence of Joshua trees, which are native only to the Mojave Desert and are considered an indicator species, and it is believed to support an additional 1,750 to 2,0