ICD-9-CM coding serves which of the following purposes? A. It ...

[ENagel]

ICD-9-CM coding serves which of the following purposes?
 
  A. It provides data for statistical analysis.
  B. It translates written terminology into a universal, common language.
  C. It establishes medical necessity.
  D. All of the above.

Question 2

The first forms of medical diagnostic coding date back to:
 
  A. 12th-century Rome.
  B. 17th-century England.
  C. 18th-century America.
  D. 19th-century France.

[SamMuagrove]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: All of the above.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 17th-century England.

[ENagel]

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[cassie_ragen]

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