[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10628]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Center for Health Statistics; ICD-9-CM E Code Revisions

AGENCY: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Health Statistics has approved the 
following expansion to the External Cause Codes in the International 
Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-
9-CM). These ICD-9-CM E-Code revisions will become effective October 1, 
1996. The official guidelines for the application of E-codes for 
morbidity purposes will also be updated at that time. The official 
government version of the ICD-9-CM which will include all the revisions 
effective October 1, 1996, will be found on the ICD-9-CM CD-ROM which 
will be available through the Government Printing Office.

E967  Child and adult battering and other maltreatment
    E967.0  By father or stepfather
    E967.2  By mother or stepmother
    E967.3  By spouse or partner
    E967.4  By child
    E967.5  By sibling
    E967.6  By grandparent
    E967.7  By other relative
    E967.8  By non-related caregiver

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Pickett, R.R.A., Co-chair, ICD-
9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, National Center for Health 
Statistics, CDC, telephone (301) 436-7050.

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-10628 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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