ICD-10-CM requires coders to determine the weeks of gestation for pregnant women. Which of the following is TRUE in regards to the impact this might have on diagnosis abstracting?
a. It will require querying the physician if the documentation is not specific enough.
b. Is has no real impact on the coders, other than the fact that they will need
to find and code the information.
c. Coders will have to develop a new methodology.
d. Both b and c.
Answer: d
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