ICD-9-CM 2009 Changes  

This year's ICD-9-CM updates are numerous and broad reaching. Here are the stats:

Volume    1
New          367
Updated   60
Invalid     25 (no deletions; all codes became non-specific)

Volume    3
New         60
Updated  34
Invalid    5 (no deletions; all codes became non-specific)

In addition to the code changes there are over two hundred pages of changes to the official ICD-9-CM coding manuals. Let's look at some of the groups of changes in Volume 1 to see how the changes may affect your particular practice.

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
24 new codes covering Staph. aureus, prion dise...