Word with number that is one of the conventions used in the diagnostic code book titled International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) . This note represents “Not included here” and indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes 2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together. This convention does not appear in the former ICD-9-CM code books.