External Cause Codes May Never Be Reported As

question 38

Multiple Choice

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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