AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2002 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED DIAGNOSIS CODES

Terrorism E Codes

In response to the events of September 11, a set of new codes has been developed to allow the identification of injuries and illnesses from terrorism. The inclusion note under E979 uses the definition of terrorism developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The structure of these codes parallels to a large extent the categories of the ICD-10 category, "Operations of War" in "Chapter XX, External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality." This new set of codes is not intended to be a refined classification encompassing all aspects of terrorism. To classify a death or an...

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