Which of the following statements regarding the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system codes is true? The ICD codes:
a. allow for a limited listing of the rarer clinical diagnoses
b. describe clinical symptoms specific to the client
c. can be evaluated by a computer for epidemiological analysis
d. are expressed by two whole numbers and three decimal places
B
The only true statement is that ICD codes describe clinical symptoms specific to a client. The other three options are false.
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