Coding Guidelines ICD-10CM

The “Excludes” notes give examples of the content of a section of the code book. Please type YES or NO in the answer space.

NOS means unspecified.

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When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NOS under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code

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Colons are used after an incomplete term to identify nonessential modifiers.

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Colons are used after an incomplete term to identify nonessential modifiers

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There are 2 types of “Excludes” notes in ICD-10-CM.

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The abbreviation NEC is only used in the Index.

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A Type 1 Excludes note is a pure Excludes note.

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The “See also:” note refers the coder to another location in the Tabular List when the initial listing does not contain all the necessary information to accurately select a code.

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The “Excludes 1” note means "not included here".

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