ICD-10-CM Chapter 18, Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, NEC contains combination codes that identify both the definitive diagnosis and certain related symptoms

When using this type of combination code, the coder ________ assign a code for the related symptom.
A) should
B) should not


Answer: B

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