Sally Smith is a coder at Sunny View Hospital. She is coding the diagnostic statement of meningococcal meningitis. This would code to which of the following chapters of the ICD-9-CM?

A) "Diseases of the Respiratory System"
B) "Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Diseases and Immunity Disorders"
C) "Infectious and Parasitic Diseases"
D) "Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions"


C

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