[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27956]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


NCHS, Data Policy and Standards Staff: 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.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., December 5-6, 2002.
    Place: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 
Auditorium, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.
    Status: Open to the public, but limited by the space available. 
Because of fire code requirements, should the number of attendants 
meet the capacity of the room, the meeting room will be closed.
    Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) 
Committee will hold its final meeting of the 2002 calendar year 
cycle on Thursday and Friday, December 5-6, 2002. 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:

Subgaleal hemorrhage
Septic shock
Cerebral infarction of unknown vessel
Early satiety
Impaired fasting glucose
Carnithine deficiency
Late newborn
Hyperaldosteronism
Scrotal transposition
Peyronie's disease
Rhabdomyolysis
Hypercoagulable states
Postpartum cardiomyopathy
ICD-10 Procedure Classification System (PCS)--Update
Multi-level spinal fusion
Artificial heart
Interleukin 2 (IL-2)
Laparoscopic/Thorascopic approaches
Radioactive Isotope therapy
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, CMS, 7500 Security Blvd., Room 
C4-07-07, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244 telephone 410-786-1542 
(procedures).
    Notice: In the interest of security, (CMS) 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.
    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: October 25, 2002.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-27956 Filed 11-1-02; 8:45 am]
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