Which Punctuation Is Used in the ICD-10-CM Index and Tabular

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which punctuation is used in the ICD-10-CM index and tabular list to enclose nonessential modifiers, which are supplementary words that may be present in or absent from the physician's statement of a disease or procedure without affecting the code number to which it is assigned?

• A) braces
• B) colons
• C) parentheses
• D) slanted brackets

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Definitions:

Detailed Stories

Narratives or accounts that provide an in-depth and comprehensive description of events or experiences.

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment to see if it has an effect on another variable.

Dependent Variable

In research, it's the variable being tested and measured, assumed to be affected by the independent variable.

Manipulation

The act of controlling or influencing others in a deceptive or indirect way.