AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Introduction to Chapter 5 – Mental Disorders

Effective October 1, 2005, the introduction to Chapter 5, Mental Disorders has been deleted. This introduction makes reference to the Glossary of Mental Disorders (Volume 1, appendix B) that was removed October 1, 2004. Chapter 5 – Mental Disorders (290-319) Delete the following: In the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9), the corresponding Chapter V, “Mental Disorders,” includes a glossary which defines the contents of each category. The introduction to Chapter V in ICD-9 indicates that the glossary is intended so that psychiatrists can make the diagnosis based on the...

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