|
|
  
 Introduction
The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) is based on the official version of the World Health Organization's 9th Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). ICD-9 is designed for the classification of morbidity and mortality information for statistical purposes, and for the indexing of hospital records by disease and operations, for data storage and retrieval. The historical background of the International Classification of Diseases may be found in the Introduction to ICD-9 (Manual of the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1977).
ICD-9-CM is a clinical modification of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9). The term "clinical" is used to emphasize the modification's intent: to serve as a useful tool in the area of classification of morbidity data for indexing of medical records, medical care review, and ambulatory and other medical care programs, as well as for basic health statistics. To describe the clinical picture of the patient, the codes must be more precise than those needed only for statistical groupings and trend analysis.
|
|
|
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee
Characteristics of the ICD-9-CM
The Disease Classification
Alphabetical Index of Diseases
Table of Drugs and Chemicals
Index To External Causes of Injury (E Code)
Classification of Procedures
Index to Procedures
Appendix A:
Morphology of Neoplasms
Appendix C:
Classification of Drugs by American Hospital Formulary Services List Number and their ICD-9-CM Equivalents
Appendix D:
Classification of Industrial Accidents According to Agency
Appendix E:
List of Three-Digit Categories
|
