In ICD-10-CM, the note indicating that the condition excluded is distinct from the code condition and is coded elsewhere in the manual but that it may be coded with the code condition during the same encounter is the:

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Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. Thus, it allows for the possibility of coding both conditions in the same encounter if they both occur.

In ICD-10-CM, the Note Indicating That the Condition Excluded Is