The first three characters of an ICD-10-CM code are composed as
A) Character 1 (alpha), Character 2 (numeric), Character 3 (numeric).
B) Character 1 (alpha character), Character 2 (alpha), Character 3 (numeric).
C) Character 1 (numeric), Character 2 (numeric), Character 3 (alpha).
D) Character 1 (numeric), Character 2 (alpha), Character 3 (alpha).

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The first three characters of an ICD-10-CM code consist of one alpha character followed by two numeric characters, which establish the code category.

The First Three Characters of an ICD-10-CM Code Are Composed