If a congenital condition has been corrected, the coder should do which of the following?
A) Code the condition as if it still exists, because it was present at birth.
B) Assign a personal history code to identify the history of the condition, but also assign a code from Chapter 17.
C) Assign a personal history code to identify the history of the condition.
D) None of the above.
Answer: C
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