To Report External Causes of Injury and Poisoning, a Coder

question 34

Short Answer

To report external causes of injury and poisoning, a coder should use:
A)V codes.
B)E codes.
C)numeric codes only.
D)a written explanation.

• A)V codes.
• B)E codes.
• C)numeric codes only.
• D)a written explanation.

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