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Table 2.

Example where the chief complaint phrase does not encompass all the information from the labeled diagnosis codes.

ID Chief Complaint ICD-10-
CM Code
ICD-10-CM Description
255 “rlq pain” R10.31 “Right lower quadrant pain”
255 “rlq pain” R50.9 “Fever, unspecified”
255 “rlq pain” R11.0 “Nausea”