A new instructional NOT in ICD-10-CM found in the block for Mental Retardation directs coders to code:
a. first any pre-existing conditions.
b. also any congenital anomalies.
c. first any associated physical or development disorder.
d. only any conditions that had their initial onset before age five.
Answer: c
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