Access the website of the National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm. Research current changes to the Official Guidelines. Preview the status of ICD-10-CM.
Access the website of CMS and research the topic ICD9 to locate the ICD-9-CM Provider & Diagnostic Codes Overview home page. Locate the most recent updates to ICD-9-CM (addendum).
Use a search engine to visit ICD lookup websites, and look up codes for diagnoses that you select. How easy were these websites to use?
