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    The First Three Characters of an ICD-10-CM Code Represent the Code
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The First Three Characters of an ICD-10-CM Code Represent the Code

Question 23

Question 23

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The first three characters of an ICD-10-CM code represent the code:


A) etiology.
B) severity.
C) category.
D) anatomic site.

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