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bcretired

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on: Jun 27, 2018
The convention used in the ICD-10 to identify that additional characters need to be assigned in a certain place is:
 
  a. a short dash.
  b. excludes 2.
  c. additional digits needed.
  d. with/without.

Question 2

The term referring to an x used in place of a code that is unknown or not applicable is called:
 
  a. an x digit.
  b. an extender.
  c. a placeholder.
  d. None of the above


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srodz

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c


bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Wow, this really help

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