Read Me File for ICD-10 ACME Input Record Format, PC-ACME/TRANSAX System
Manager's Manual, PC-ACME/TRANSAX System User's Guide, Created Codes and Their
Complimentary Valid ICD-10 Codes, and ICD-10 TRANSAX Output Record Format 


The ICD-10 ACME Input Record Format document presents the ICD-10 record format for
ACME input to process with ACME, multiple cause coding is completed without using MICAR.
The pdf version of this document, ACMEIN.PDF, is 8 KB in size.

The PC-ACME/TRANSAX System Manager's Manual is intended for Systems managers.
The subjects in this manual are arranged so that a new user can install and start
PC-ACME/TRANSAX.  The manual, ASYSTEM.PDF,  is comprised of a pdf file (112 KB).

The PC-ACME/TRANSAX System User's Guide is intended for anyone who will be
using PC-ACME/TRANSAX.  The subjects in this manual are arranged so that the user can start
processing data after the system has been installed. The manual, AUSER.PDF,  is comprised of a
pdf file (166 KB).

The Created Codes and Their Complimentary Valid ICD-10 Codes document lists special five
digit subcategories used in the coding and processing of multiple cause data.  These codes are not
used in
tabulations of multiple cause data. The document, CONV10.PDF, is 3 KB in size.  

The ICD-10 TRANSAX Output Record Format document presents the ICD-10 record format for
TRANSAX output to add medical data fields to a State's final mortality data file (ACME
output format matches the first 215 characters of the TRANSAX output).  The document,
TRX10DEG.PDF, is 12 KB in size.  

Questions and comments regarding the format of these files should
be addressed to the Mortality Statistics Branch, National Center for
Health Statistics, Room 820, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Questions and comments about the content of the file should be addressed
to the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch, National Center for
Health Statistics, PO Box 12214, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27709 or 1 (800) 642-8908 8:00am to 5:00pm EST M-F.

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