International Classification of Diseases

                     ---   9th Revision   ---

                       Clinical Modification

                          October 1, 2006

                            (ICD-9-CM)

                       in Rich Text Format


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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, 2006 for federal fiscal year 2007 (FY07).  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 017-022-01600-1.  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, at the uniform resource locator (URL) below.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm

This NCHS web site also has links to a Conversion Table for 
1986-2006, and to the Official Guidelines for ICD-9-CM, in Adobe 
Acrobat (tm) PDF format.  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 at the URL below.

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/ICD9-CM

The most recent 2006 files will be in a subdirectory of this site
labeled 2006.  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, 
2006, for federal fiscal year 2007 (FY07).  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
------------   -------  ------------  ---------  ----------------
APPNDX07.ZIP    51,704  Dmorph07.RTF    123,633  Appendix A, 
                                                 Morphology of 
                                                 Neoplasms
                        Ddrgcl07.RTF     45,483  Appendix C, 
                                                 Classification 
                                                 of Drugs
                        Dindst07.RTF     30,843  Appendix D, 
                                                 Classification 
                                                 of Industrial 
                                                 Accidents
                        Dc_3d07.RTF     165,006  Appendix E, List
                                                 of Three-Digit 
                                                 Categories
DDRUGS07.ZIP    65,827  Ddrugs07.RTF    500,325  Table of Drugs 
                                                 and Chemicals
DINDEX07.ZIP   899,973  Dindex07.RTF 10,507,038  Index to 
                                                 Diseases
EINDEX07.ZIP    48,354  Eindex07.RTF    651,726  Index to 
                                                 External Causes
DTAB07.ZIP     585,907  Dtab07.RTF    9,600,991  Tabular List of 
                                                 Diseases
PINDEX07.ZIP   229,549  Pindex07.RTF  2,794,180  Index to 
                                                 Procedures
PTAB07.ZIP     191,725  Ptab07.RTF    3,174,120  Tabular List of 
                                                 Procedures
Prefac07.RTF    44,193  ---           ---        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 the Central Office on 
ICD-9-CM by mail or fax.  The mailing address is below.

  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 and a form are 
available from the Central Office on ICD-9-CM web site at the URL 
below.

http://www.ahacentraloffice.com/ahacentraloffice/html/coding_advice/icd9cm/