Announcements from the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Summary Report from Committee Meeting on Mon Mar 5, 2012 The Summary Report from the procedure part of the Mon Mar 5 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting is now available at http://www.CMS.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/ICD9/list.asp.
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