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Condition Onset Flag must be reported on diagnosis records (HD) with a clinical code type = A (diagnosis), B (injury), V (supplementary), E (external cause) or M (morphology) . On all other diagnosis records (HD) with clinical code type O (Procedure) the COF field will be null. (note: Clinical Code Type = D (DSM-IV) are not reported to NMDS). ................
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