External cause codes may never be reported as:
A) a principal or first-listed diagnosis.
B) the only diagnosis code.
C) the principal diagnosis or be the only diagnosis code.
D) None of these

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External cause codes are intended to provide data for injury research and evaluation of injury prevention strategies. They are not meant to stand alone as a principal diagnosis or be the only diagnosis code, as they do not describe a disease or injury, but rather the cause or circumstance of the disease or injury.

External Cause Codes May Never Be Reported As