Which is the first step to assigning an ICD-10-CM code?

a. Follow instructional notations about the ICD-10-CM index entry
b. Locate a main term in the ICD-10-CM index
c. Review official coding guidelines about the code selected from the ICD-10-CM index
d. Verify the code selected in the ICD-10-CM tabular list


b

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