In the Tabular List of both coding systems,what punctuation mark is used to indicate that the listed term is incomplete and needs one or more modifiers to make it assignable to a given category?
A) colon
B) apostrophe
C) forward slash
D) comma

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In both the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Tabular List, a colon is used to indicate that the listed term is incomplete and needs one or more modifiers to make it assignable to a given category. The incomplete term is followed by a list of acceptable modifiers that can be added to complete the code.

In the Tabular List of Both Coding Systems,what Punctuation Mark