The ICD-9-CM codes need to be organized. Therefor, there are main terms used for the ICD-9-CM and subterms are also used in the ICD-9-CM in order to keep organization.
ICD9CM is the official system of assigning codes associated with hospitals in the Untied States. Originally used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates until 1999. It consist of a numerical list of the disease code, an alphabetical index of the diseases entries and a classification system for the procedures.
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The ICD-9-CM code for gastroenteritis due to the Norwalk virus is 008.63. This code will become A08.11 with the new ICD-10-CM codes.
A word or phrase that describes a main term in the ICD-9-CM Alphabetic index.
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the code for foreign body present in auditory canal is 931
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Device codes on televisions are used for communications between the television and the remote control. The codes are used to setup and change channels.
Any membership codes that are posted would have been used, and membership codes can only be used once.