In 1956, the AHIMA conducted a study of:
a. the efficacy of coding systems for diagnostic indexing.
b. the difficulty of diagnostic indexing.
c. the usefulness of surgical diagnostic indexing.
d. the ability to bill with codes.
Answer: a
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