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The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics announced two addenda to the ICD-9 code set, as follows:
"As part of the 2009 Addenda for ICD-9-CM, an expansion has been made changing the three digit code 488 to a category, with two new codes added: 488.0 (Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus), and 488.1 (Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus). These codes have been created to provide data capture for the novel H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu virus), which was first identified in April, after the March 2009 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting," the CDC indicates on its Web site.
To read the full posting, visit www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/ftpserv/ftpicd9/ftpicd9.htm.