If, after careful study, a physician determines a patientâs underlying cause of chest pain to be angina and the patient has a documented history of CAD, then CAD will be sequenced as the principal diagnosis followed by the appropriate code for the angina (AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, 2001, third quarter, page 15).
Not all functions of the hemispheres are shared. In general, the left hemisphere controls speech, comprehension, arithmetic, and writing. The right hemisphere controls creativity, spatial ability, artistic, and musical skills. The left hemisphere is dominant in hand use and language in about 92% of people.
A: The function of the left cerebral hemisphere is controlling motor, visual and tactile movements of the right side of the body, according to the Merck Manual. It is generally dominant for language, while the right hemisphere is dominant for spatial attention.