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Railroad Neurosis F 48.8 Label as Main term Sub term or carry over line, each hyphen...

Railroad Neurosis F 48.8

Label as Main term Sub term or carry over line, each hyphen is meant to represent one level of indention

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Neurosis is the main term and railroad is a subterm
In medical coding, the main term indicates condition or disease, procedure, anatomic organ or synonyms.
Subterm is a subordinate term, it refers to the alternate entry to correct coding. It intended one standard indention to the right condition or coding. this main term and subterm indicate the essential modifiers.
Example: Acute gastritis
Gastritis is a main term
Acute is a subterm

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