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jace

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The abbreviation NEC (not elsewhere classifiable) means __________ and identifies codes that are to be assigned when information needed to assign a more specific code cannot be located in the coding manual.
 a. documented
 b. other or other specified
  c. specified
 d. unspecified

Question 2

The entry for Aarskog's syndrome is an example of the use of a(n) __________ in the ICD-10-CM index.
 a. abbreviation
  b. boxed note
 c. eponym
 d. table



yasmin

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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