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Codes Located in Slanted Brackets [ ] Indicate That the Code

Question 19

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Codes located in slanted brackets [ ] indicate that the code _______.

A) must be assigned as a secondary code
B) must be assigned as principal
C) is optional
D) was replaced with the code not in brackets

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