The International Classification Of Diseases 9th Revision Clinical Modification Diseases Tabular List

"Published by the United States Government in recognition of its responsibility to promulgate this classification throughout the United States for morbidity coding." Complete comparability with International classification of diseases, 9th revision. Recommended for all clinical settings; required for reporting of diagnoses and diseases in all U.S. Public Health Service and Health Care Financing Administration programs. Three volumes consist of tabular list of diseases, alphabetic index of diseases, and tabular list and alphabetic index of procedures.

"ICD-9-CM is a statistical classification system that arranges diseases and injuries into groups according to established criteria. Most ICD-9-CM codes are numeric and consist of three, four or five numbers and a description"--Page 1 of the introduction.

Classification intended "to aid the clinical management of patients and to guide the formation of health care policy and priorities in the United States." Complete compatibility between ICD-9 and ICD-9-CM, the former still being used for cause-of-death coding in the United States, the latter for morbidity coding.

"Published by the United States Government in recognition of its responsibility to promulgate this classification throughout the United States for morbidity coding." Complete comparability with International classification of diseases, 9threvision. Recommended for all clinical settings; required for reporting of diagnosis and diseases in all U.S. Public Health Service and Health Care Financing Administration programs. Three volumes consist of tabular list of diseases, alphabetic index of diseases, and tabular list and alphabetic index of procedures.