Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby

Exercise 10

Select the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
A colon after a term in an excludes or includes note indicates that
A) the term is not complete without one or more of the additional terms listed
B) the term requires a manifestation code
C) the synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations that follow may appear in the diagnostic statement
D) the term requires a code for the underlying disease