From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English heck heck 1 / hek / interjection informal 1 ANNOY EMPHASIZE used to show that you are annoyed or to emphasize what you are saying Oh heck! Iâve lost my keys! âDo you believe him?â âHeck, no.â 2 â did he heck/will it heck etc
The  Principal Diagnosis  (PDX) for inpatient care is defined as that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care.
The first paragraph shows the CC/MCC status â in this case, a secondary diagnosis of Cholera does act as a complication (CC). However, there are some exceptions, such as when the secondary diagnosis is simply the same as the principal diagnosis or (more likely) when treatment of a secondary diagnosis would be included in treating the principal diagnosis. Principal Diagnosis Exclusions â this is the paragraph you'll need to check if you're looking at a secondary diagnosis and want to see if it acts as a complication or if it is excluded (contained as part of the principal diagnosis). In this case, the excluded codes are other manifestations of Cholera. Secondary Diagnosis Exclusions â if you want, you can also check the principal diagnosis' code page to see which secondary diagnoses do not act as complications.