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CMS Manual System Transmittal 629: MCS Changes Needed to Automate the Annual Update to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)

Guidance for contractors providing instruction to use the automated load in order to update system with updates from the annual ICD-9-CM change request.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: January 29, 2010

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