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 states of Nevada and Arizona are generally filled with desert lands and scattered mountain ranges. Much of Nevada receives little to no snow in the southern portion of the state, while northern Nevada can receive large amounts of snow in and around the mountains, and even in the desert lands in Nevada.