Using a 3-digit category code only when no 4-digit codes exist and a 4-digit subcategory code only when no 5-digit subclassification code exists is coding to the highest level of:
A)authority.
B)reimbursement.
C)specificity.
D)certainty.
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Q19: Volume 2 of the ICD-9-CM is known
Q20: In addition to the reimbursement process, ICD-9-CM
Q21: When using Volume 2 for coding narrowing
Q22: Volume 3 of the ICD-9-CM is used
Q23: All of the following are true of
Q25: When using Volume 2 for coding a
Q26: Instructional notes are used in Volume 1
Q27: An example of an eponym is:
A)Hodgkin's disease.
B)cardiovascular
Q28: Tables found in Volume 2 (Alphabetic Index)
Q29: Subterms in an ICD-9-CM entry may show:
A)the
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