Cumulative Official WHO Updates to ICD 10 - 1996 - 2001

Page iv. Add Substitute phrase ... it is a principle of the ICD that the dagger code is the primary code and must always be used. Provision should be made for the asterisk code to be used in addition if the alternative method of presentation may also be required. ... Example 6: I (a) Metastatic carcinoma (b) Pseudomucinous adenocarcinoma. Code ... ................
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