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cmoore54

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Which are essential modifiers that qualify the main term in the ICD-10-CM index by listing alternative sites, etiology, or clinical status?
 a. neoplasms
  b. nonessential modifiers
  c. qualifiers
  d. subterms

Question 2

A patient is admitted with a left nondisplaced comminuted patella fracture, a displaced left
  spiral fracture of the shaft of the fibula, and a displaced comminuted fracture of the shaft of the
  left tibia, initial encounter.
 A. S82.045A, S82.442A
  B. S82.045, S82.252A
  C. S82.252A, S82.442A, S82.045A
  D. S82.045A, S82.442A, S82.255A



aliotak

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

C



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