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According to the ICD-10-CM OGCR (Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting), an uncertain diagnosis that is documented at the time of discharge is coded as if it exists. This guideline applies:
 
  a. only to the inpatient setting.
  b. only to the outpatient setting.
  c. both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
  d. this is not a guideline.

Question 2

ICD-10-CM Chapter 18, Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, NEC contains ill-defined conditions that do NOT fit anywhere else in ICD- 10-CM.
 
  a. True
   b. False


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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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