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ICD-9 Coding Quick Quiz

Published on Wed Jul 07, 2004

ICD-10 is coming soon ... or is it? How many editions of ICD-9 have been published? Take this quiz on ICD-9 facts to find out. (Look for the correct answers.) 1. In ICD-9-CM, what does "ICD-9" stand for? a. Internal Classification of Diseases, ninth edition
b. International Categories of Diseases, ninth revision
c. Intestinal Categories of Diseases, ninth edition
d. International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision 2. In ICD-9-CM, what does "CM" stand for? a. clinical modification
b. co-morbidity
c. classification of medicines
d. classes of modifiers 3. How many volumes are there in the ICD-9-CM? a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 4. How many editions of ICD-9-CM have been published? a. 12
b. 3
c. 8
d. 6 5. There is a volume of ICD-9-CM designed solely for hospital use. True/False 6. There is a new revision of the manual, called ICD-10, in the works. True/False
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