International Classification of Diseases --- 9th Revision --- Clinical Modification October 1, 2005 (ICD-9-CM) in Rich Text Format Note: this document is best viewed in a fixed width font. The files listed below include the entire text of "The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification" (ICD-9-CM), Sixth Edition, issued for use beginning October 1, 2005 for federal fiscal year 2006 (FY06). The ICD-9-CM is maintained jointly by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files are in Rich Text Format and may be imported into most word processors with indentation intact. These files come from the official version of the ICD-9-CM, which is available on CD-ROM from the U.S. Government Printing Office, (202) 512-1800, order number 017-022-01590-1. This CD-ROM includes Folio VIEWS (tm) software, which features keyword searching and hypertext linking. These files are available on the Internet, in a compressed format. See the NCHS web site on classification of disease for information, uniform resource locator (URL): http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm This NCHS web site also has links to a Conversion Table for 1986-2005, and to the Official Guidelines for ICD-9-CM, in Adobe Acrobat (tm) Portable Document Format (PDF). The V Code Table will be found as part of the Guidelines. For downloading of other files listed below, this site has links to the following FTP site, URL: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/ICD9-CM The most recent 2005 files will be in a subdirectory of this site labeled 2005. Earlier files will be in subdirectories identified by the year. A separate file for the preface is in an RTF file. The other files included in this distribution have been compressed in the ZIP format, which is compatible with PKZIP and PKUNZIP programs, WinZip, and other file compression and decompression programs. The following table lists file names and sizes when extracted for the ICD-9-CM files available by FTP, for use as of October 1, 2005, for federal fiscal year 2006 (FY06). Please note that Appendix B, the Glossary of Mental Disorders, has been retired and is no longer distributed with the ICD-9-CM. Filename Size in Expanded Expanded Description bytes Files File Sizes ------------ ------- ------------ --------- ---------------- APPNDX06.ZIP 49,106 Dmorph06.RTF 107,539 Appendix A, Morphology of Neoplasms Ddrgcl06.RTF 31,195 Appendix C, Classification of Drugs Dindst06.RTF 23,302 Appendix D, Classification of Industrial Accidents Dc_3d06.RTF 129,941 Appendix E, List of Three-Digit Categories DDRUGS06.ZIP 63,823 Ddrugs06.RTF 538,123 Table of Drugs and Chemicals DINDEX06.ZIP 836,307 Dindex06.RTF 7,446,036 Index to Diseases EINDEX06.ZIP 43,429 Eindex06.RTF 450,501 Index to External Causes DTAB06.ZIP 535,963 Dtab06.RTF 7,633,088 Tabular List of Diseases PINDEX06.ZIP 208,124 Pindex06.RTF 1,918,108 Index to Procedures PTAB06.ZIP 172,041 Ptab06.RTF 2,557,202 Tabular List of Procedures Prefac06.RTF 32,204 --- --- Preface Questions and comments regarding the function or format of these files should be addressed to the Data Dissemination Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, at (301) 458-4636, or by e-mail to: nchsquery@cdc.gov. Coding questions should be submitted to: Coding Advice Central Office on ICD-9-CM American Hospital Association One North Franklin Chicago, IL 60606 The phone number for the Central Office on ICD-9-CM is: (312) 422-3366. The fax number is (312) 422-4583. They do not accept phone inquiries. Details about how to submit questions on coding are available from the Central Office on ICD-9-CM web site, at the following URL: http://www.ahacentraloffice.com/ahacentraloffice/html/coding_advice/icd9cm/