Links

The updated ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines, Conversion Table, and Addenda (8/09/10).

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Informational Links

• AHA Coding Clinic Alphabetical Index 2011
  
• ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
  
• CMS Program Transmittals
  
• Inpatient Prospective Payment System home page within CMS
  
• Outpatient Prospective Payment System home page within CMS
  
• HCPCS home page within CMS
  
• Medicare Coverage Database within CMS
  
• CMS ICD-9-CM resource page covering updates to ICD-9-CM addenda, process for requesting a new/revised code, list of new, revised and deleted codes, Coordination & Maintenance, ICD-10-PCS, etc.
  
• National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits for hospitals
  

AHA Central Office ICD-9-CM Cooperating Parties

• American Hospital Association (AHA)
  
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  
• News
  AHA and CMS Establish Clearinghouse to Enhance Understanding of Health Care Common Procedure Coding System

Other Resources

• Recommendations from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Coding Workgroup
• Recommendation for Standardized Hospital Evaluation and Management
  Coding of Emergency Department and Clinic Services
• ICD-9-CM Coding Advice in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

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