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Which is used after an incomplete term or phrase in the ICD-10-CM index and tabular list when one or more additional terms following the punctuation is needed to make the condition assignable to a given category?
 a. brace
 b. bracket
 c. colon
 d. parenthesis

Question 2

Which are used in the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries to enclose nonessential modifiers that may be present or absent from the physician's statement of a disease?
 a. braces
 b. brackets
 c. colons
 d. parentheses



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d





 

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