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icd (version 3.3)

icd9cm_generate_chapters_hierarchy: Generate ICD-9-CM hierarchy

Description

For each row of billing code, give the chapter, sub-chapter, major code and description, and short and long descriptions. Currently this is specifically for the 2011 ICD-9-CM after which there have been minimal changes. Thankfully, ICD-10-CM has machine readable data available.

Usage

icd9cm_generate_chapters_hierarchy(save_data = FALSE, verbose = FALSE,
  offline = TRUE, perl = TRUE, use_bytes = TRUE)

Arguments

save_data

single logical value, if TRUE will save the generated data

verbose

single logical value, defaults to FALSE in most functions.

offline

single logical, if TRUE then don't pull the file from internet, only return path and file name if the file already exists in the raw data directory. This is helpful for testing without using the internet.