AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1986 January - February

Coding Guidelines

The purpose of coding guidelines is to provide timely directions for accuracy and consistency in coding and to promote uniformity among hospitals in reporting ICD-9-CM coded clinical information. The task of reexamining coding guidelines to ensure that they are clear and complete and of developing additional guidelines where they are needed has been assigned to a subcommittee of the Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM Editorial Advisory Board. The 7 coding guidelines appearing in this issue have been reviewed by the Editorial Advisory Board and have been approved by all members of the cooperating parties (American Medical Record Association, Health care...

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