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Where Would Be the Most Likely Location for Damage to the Spinal

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Where would be the most likely location for damage to the spinal cord of a person who has become a paraplegic


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E Codes

External cause codes in medical coding that represent the cause of injury, poisoning, or other adverse effects, used in health records and statistical data collection.

Third-Party Payer

A health plan that agrees to carry the risk of paying for patient services.

Three-Digit Categories

A system of grouping or classification that uses three numbers for identification and organization purposes.

ICD-9

International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, a medical classification list by the World Health Organization for diseases and related health problems, now superseded by ICD-10.

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