Compare and contrast the structural difference between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM.
What will be an ideal response?
ICD-9-CM codes are numeric-three to five characters except for the V and E codes, which are alphanumeric. ICD-10-CM codes are three to six characters, they are alphanumeric.
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