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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1989 Fourth Quarter
Official Coding Guidelines
The purpose of Coding Clinic is to promote accuracy and consistency in the use of ICD-9-CM. It offers coding guidelines and advice based on adherence to the statistical classification schema of ICD-9-CM and the definitions specified in the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) and the UB-82 uniform billing system for hospitals.
The Health Care Financing Administration stated in the Federal Register, Vol. 54, #139, Friday, July 21, 1989, p. 30561, "Currently, there are a number of organizations and individuals that publish coding advice. The only publication endorsed by HCFA is the Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM published by AHA...
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