This page contains information and links to web sites about ICD-9. We are searching for information from other sources on how coding should be completed.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants offers Billing/Coding information in a variety of formats. Their 130 page booklet, Physician Assistant Third Party Coverage, is availalbe at the AAPA online bookstore.

They also offer information in a fax back system: call 415/227-9953, and ask for document number 210 (You can also listen for all of their selections).

Finally, they offer a web page on Medicare reimbursement, and on Medicare fraud and abuse.

If you have information that can be shared with your colleagues, please consider submitting it here.

IICD-9 Central Office
Created by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the National Center for Health Statistics, this page contains information about coding medial visits

Benchmark Fees
MyHealthScore.com benchmark tables contain a comprehensive listing of Physician, Dental, Inpatient, and Outpatient procedures, with corresponding fees already reduced to a competitive rate.

Common Charting Errors
Observations of physicians' charting practices during a Canadian Physician Review Program.

ICD-9 Coding Tools From Family Practice Management Three tools from the American Academy of Family Practice: ICD-9 CChanges for 2002-2003; The FPM Short List of ICD-9 Codes; The FPM Long List of ICD-9 Codes

ICD-9 Search Trial
e-MDs' ICD-9 Search Trial contains the entire list of official International Classification of Diseases disease descriptions and their codes, plus over 50,000 alternate descriptions.