[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10056]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Meeting

    National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Data Policy and 
Standards Staff, announces the following meeting.
    Name: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., May 17-18, 2001.
    Place: The Health Care Financing Administration, Auditorium, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland. In the interest of security, 
the H.C.F.A. has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the 
building by non-government employees. Persons without a government I.D. 
will need to show a photo I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon 
entering the building.
    Status: Open to the public, as limited by the capacity of the 
meeting room, which is 75 people.
    Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee 
will hold its first meeting of the 2001 calendar year cycle on Thursday 
and Friday May 17-18, 2001. The C&M meeting is a public forum for the 
presentation of proposed modifications to the International 
Classification of Diseases, Ninth-Revision, Clinical Modification.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include:

Critical illness neuropathy
Ocular torticollis
Personal history of pre-term labor
Fussy infant/excessive crying of infant
Perinatal conditions
Aqueous misdirection
Disruption of operation wound
Dieulafoy lesion
Aftercare codes
Supplemental oxygen dependency
Scooter external cause code

    Implementation issues on the ICD-10-Procedure Classification System 
(PCS) coding system. Presenters will include:

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
The American Hospital Association (AHA)
The American Medical Association (AMA)
McKesson HBOC
DRG Review, Inc.
AdvaMed
Ingenix Syndicated Content Group
Princeton Provider Group

    ICD-9-CM procedure topics to be covered:

High-Dose Interleukin-2
Spinal Fusion Devices
Addenda

    Contact Person for Additional Information: Amy Blum, Medical 
Classification Specialist, Data Policy and Standards Staff, NCHS, 6526 
Belcrest Road, Room 1100, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/
458-4106 (diagnosis), Amy Gruber, Health Insurance Specialist, Division 
of Acute Care, HCFA, 7500 Security Blvd., Room C4-07-07, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21244 telephone 410-786-1542 (procedures).
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 18, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-10056 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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