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ICD-9-CM stands for the "International Classification of Diseases - 9th revision - Clinical Modification."" All diagnoses (or conditions) and all procedures that patients receive in the hospital are assigned an ICD-9-CM code. Codes for diagnoses can be up to 5 digits long and codes for procedures can be up to 4 digits long. There are about 12
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