Basic ICD-9-CM
Coding
2011 Edition
Exercise Answer Key
Lou Ann Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA
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This book includes ICD-9-CM changes announced in the CMS Hospital Inpatient Prospective
Payment Systems Proposed Rules, as published in the May 4, 2010 Federal Register available online from http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a100504c.html.
Any additional changes to these codes may be obtained at the CMS Web site or in the Final Rule for IPPS in the Federal Register when it is available (usually in August).
The final addendum providing complete information on changes to the diagnosis part of ICD-9-CM is posted on CDC’s Web site at: www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd.htm or http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9cm_addenda_guidelines.htm
Material quoted in this book from ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting is taken from the October 2009 updated version.
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