Free US ICD-9-CM as plain text?

[Tim Churches]

Does anyone know where a set of US ICD-9-CM codes and descriptions as plain text i.e. in a format which can be imported into databse - can be obatined at no cost? The data do not have to be re-distributable, just available on teh Internet for free. I have been able to find a free set of US ICD-9-CM files in RTF (Rich Text Format) format provided by the NCHS (National center for health Statistics), but they are laid out for printing, and would need a lot of error-prone parsing to render them as a database file. Various companies offer ASCII-format ICD-9-CM files, but only for a fee. Note that I am looking for ICD-9-CM, not ICD-9.

Tim C

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