ICD-9-CM 2008 Code Data Files (prior years also available)

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Medical Coding .Net offers a variety of ICD-9-CM data files for use in internal and commercially produced software applications. Several of the nation's top hospitals, government agencies, and software developers utilize our data. We offer various lengths of disease description as well as effective and expiration dates for the codes and specificity flags, which denote code usability on medical claims. Click the links below if you know what codes you need.

Effective October 1, 2007

• Volume 1 and Volume 2 Diagnosis Code and Draft ICD-10-CM Data Files

• Volume 3 Procedure Code and Draft ICD-10-PCS Data Files

• ICD-9-CM coding books

ICD-9-CM Coding System

The International Classification of Diseases is a system developed collaboratively between the World Health Organization (WHO) and ten international centers, including one in the US. The purpose is promote international comparability of in the collection, classification, processing and presentation of health statistics.

In the US, the system takes on another purpose as the HIPAA-mandated coding system used in medical billing. ICD-9 Clinical Modification (CM) is the system currently used in the US for medical billing purposes.  It is more finely grained than ICD-9 alone, including 5-digit codes where ICD-9 does not. The ICD-9 system is updated an annual basis. New codes go into effect on October 1 of each year.

ICD-9-CM contains three "volumes" of information. Volume 1 contains the diagnosis codes that every provider needs for billing. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1. Since computerized searches do the same thing as a printed index, this volume is not useful a data file. Outpatient diagnostic or treatment centers, like physician offices, need only Volume 1. Volume 3 contains procedure codes, which are used for billing inpatient hospital stays in the DRG system.

ICD-10-CM is not expected to become a HIPAA mandated coding system until 2009. However, the draft system is available in educational volumes and as draft ICD-10-CM and draft ICD-10-PCS data files.

Licensing

Our data files are licensed for use on a single desktop, workstation, or laptop. Please read our license agreement. You will need to complete and sign our Data File Customer Form before you can download any data files. Contact us at sales@provistas.com for a quote if any of the following applies to you:

• You will use the file on a networked server

• You will use the file to process medical claims

• You will use the file on more than one desktop, workstation, or laptop