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.
Although we usually think of deserts as being hot, the Great Basin Desert is often very cold and most of the precipitation that falls in the desert is snow. Much of the desert is at high altitudes of 3,000 to 6,000 feet or more. The Great Basin Desert is located between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. It is mostly in the state of Nevada, but also parts of California, Idaho, Utah, and Oregon.