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1. Create a subdirectory (or folder) called CCS on your hard drive (e.g., MDC:\CCS).2. Copy CCS.EXE to this subdirectory.3. Expand the files:♦ Using DOS: At the DOS prompt within this newly created directory, type CCS and hitthe enter key (C:\CCS>CCS).♦ Using Windows: Under "RUN" type C:\CCS\CCSThe self-extracting zipped file will unzip (expand for normal use) the following files. Notethat the original file (CCS.EXE) will remain intact. For the single-level CCS, thetranslation files translate specific ICD-9-CM codes into CCS categories.FilenameCCS DX REF.TXTCCS DX LABEL.TXTCCS PR REF.TXTCCS PR LABEL.TXTPurposeThis is a translation file that maps ICD-9-CM diagnosis codesinto single-level CCS diagnosis categories, with full informationabout each ICD-9-CM code and brief CCS labels.This label file contains the full descriptive single-level CCSdiagnosis category names to use when reporting the diagnosiscategories.This is a translation file that maps ICD-9-CM procedure codesinto single-level CCS procedure categories, with full informationabout each ICD-9-CM code and brief CCS labels.This label file contains the full descriptive single-level CCSprocedure category names to use when reporting the procedurecategories.Example—Diagnosis codesSingle-level CCS diagnosis category 98 is created through CCS DX REF.TXT whichmaps all relevant ICD-9-CM codes (see Box 1).Example—Procedure codesSingle-level CCS procedure category 43 is created through CCS PR REF.TXT whichmaps all relevant ICD-9-CM codes (see Box 2).Multi-level CCSCCS_X.EXE contains nine ASCII (DOS text) files that translate ICD-9-CM codes intomulti-level CCS categories and two ASCII (DOS text) files that provide descriptive labelsfor the multi-level CCS categories. To use these zipped files, you must do the following:HCUP CCS 6/16/2004 10