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casperchen82

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In outpatient coding, the patient's chief complaint is coded as the:
 
  A) suspected condition.
  B) morbidity.
  C) mortality.
  D) primary diagnosis.

Question 2

The _________ in the ICD-10-CM manual is an alphanumerically sequenced list of all diagnosis codes, divided into 21 chapters based on etiology and body system.
 
  A) Appendix
  B) Table of Contents
  C) Tabular List
  D) Introductory matter



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

OMG..This is soo helpful. Thank you.



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