[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: September 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Subcommittee on Medical Classification Systems: Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
announces the following meeting.

    Name: NCVHS Subcommittee on Medical Classification Systems.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 12, 1994.
    Place: Room 303A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The subcommittee will discuss: the national Medicare 
claims accuracy study; the Health Care Financing Administration 
Validation of Hospital Outpatient Diagnosis and Procedure Codes; the 
proposed refinement of Medicare Diagnosis-Related Groups 
incorporating severity measures; the International Classification of 
Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps Revision Process; and the 
Medicare Transition System.
    An unavoidable administrative delay prevented meeting the 15-day 
publication requirement.
    Contact person for more information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D., 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential 
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
301/436-7050.

    Dated: August 31, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-21962 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]
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