The abbreviation NEC is used in the ICD-9-CM to indicate:
A) additional details are in the medical record, but there is not a more specific code available.
B) sequencing instructions for conditions and codes that have sequencing requirements.
C) information to assign a more specific code is not available in the medical record.
D) a reference to another main term or condition is needed to locate the correct code.
A
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