AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2002 Fourth Quarter

VOLUME 3 NEW/REVISED CODES

Chapters 00 and 17 The ICD-9-CM system was developed in the 1970s and implemented in 1979. Over the years, many of the categories have become full making it difficult to create new codes. Once a category is full, several types of similar procedures are combined under one code, or a place is found in another section of the codebook for a new code. As a short-term solution, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) examined ICD-9-CM to identify an open series of codes that could be used for new procedures and technologies. Chapters 00 (codes 00.00 through...

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