Volume 3 of the ICD-9-CM is used by:
A. physicians to code diagnoses and symptoms.
B. physicians to code procedures.
C. hospitals to code diagnoses and symptoms.
D. hospitals to code procedures.
Answer: hospitals to code procedures.
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