Apply for reporting the secondary condition

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Examine the patient scenario below. Determine the appropriate POA (Present on Admission) indicator to apply for reporting the secondary condition.

A patient was admitted from the ER with acute gastroenteritis: the record indicated fever. Symptoms of high blood pressure developed on Day Two of hospitalization; the physician was queried and was unable to clinically determine whether hypertension was present on admission or not. The patient was treated with antibiotics and improved, Discharge diagnosis: acute gastroenteritis; suspected hypertension.

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