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ICD-9 Coding Quick Quiz
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 2. In ICD-9-CM, what does "CM" stand for? a. clinical modification 3. How many volumes are there in the ICD-9-CM? a. 1 4. How many editions of ICD-9-CM have been published? a. 12 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
b. International Categories of Diseases, ninth revision
c. Intestinal Categories of Diseases, ninth edition
d. International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision
b. co-morbidity
c. classification of medicines
d. classes of modifiers
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
b. 3
c. 8
d. 6
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