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**Instruction      Manuals**
Instruction manuals      are also available from the **CDC/FTP      server** in WordPerfectTM      and ASCII format.

**Part 1-**Source      Records and Control Specifications

**Part 2a-**Instructions      for Classifying the Underlying Cause-of-Death, ICD-9. 121 pp.**View/download PDF** 532 KB

**Part 2b-**Instructions      for Classifying the Multiple Causes of Death, ICD-9. 296 pp.**View/download PDF** 527      KB 

**Part 2c-**ICD-9      ACME Decision Tables for Classifying Underlying Causes of Death

**Part 2d-**NCHS      Procedures for Mortality Medical Data System File Preparation and      Maintenance

**Part 2e-**Non-Indexed      Terms, Standard Abbreviations, and State Geographic Codes Used in      Mortality Data Classification,      ICD-9. 147 pp.**View/download PDF******193      KB

**Part 2f-**ICD-9      TRANSAX Disease Reference Tables for Classifying Multiple Causes of Death

**Part 2g-**Data      Entry Instructions for the Mortality Medical Indexing, Classification, and      References System      (MICAR), 1996-1997, ICD-9. 285 pp.**View/download PDF******575      KB

**Part 2h-**Dictionary of      Valid Terms for MICAR

**Part 2i-**MICAR Quick Reference Guide, ICD-9. 48 pp.**View/download PDF******257 KB

**Part 3a-**Classification and Coding Instructions for Live Birth Records. 62 pp.**View/download PDF******101 KB

**Part      3b-**Classification and Coding Instructions for Fetal Death Records. 56      pp.**View/download PDF******98 KB

**Part 4-**Demographic Classification and Coding Instructions for Death Records. 52      pp.**View/download PDF******123 KB

**Part 8-**Geographic Classification

**Part 9-**ICD-10 Underlying Cause-of-Death Lists for Tabulating Mortality      Statistics. 52 pp.**View/download PDF******      144 KB

**Part      11-**ICD-9 Computer Edits for Mortality Data Effective      1990. 42 pp.**View/download PDF******5 MB

**Part      11-**ICD-10 Computer Edits for Mortality Data Effective      1999. 42 pp.**View/download PDF**303 MB
**Part 18-**Guidelines for Implementing Field and Query Programs for      Registration of Births and Deaths

**Part 19-**Industry and Occupation Coding for Death Certificates

**Part 20-**ICD-10 Cause-of-Death Querying. 117 pp.**View/download PDF** 519 KB

 

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