[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Classifications and 
Public Health Data Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting

    Name: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.--4 p.m., April 3, 2003.
    Place: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Auditorium, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.
    Status: Open to the public.
    Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee 
will hold its first meeting of the 2003 calendar year cycle on 
Thursday, April 3, 2003. The C&M meeting is a public forum for the 
presentation of proposed modifications to the International 
Classification of Diseases, Ninth-Revision, and Clinical Modification.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: Hepatitis C, acute 
and unspecified; worn out joint prosthesis; deep vein thrombosis; 
aftercare following organ transplant; aftercare following abnormal pap 
smear; encounter for pregnancy test-negative result; allergic 
dermatitis due to animal dander; endometrial hyperplasia with and 
without atypia; mechanical complication of esophagostomy; and ICD-10 
Procedure Classification System (PCS); Updates on: Bipolar 
Radiofrequency Ablation; and Blunt Micro-Dissection with Chronic Total 
Occlusion (CTO) Catheter Laparoscopic/Thorascopic approaches.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Amy Blum, Medical 
Classification Specialist, Classifications and Public Health Data 
Standards Staff, NCHS, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, 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.
    Notice: This is a public meeting. However, because of fire code 
requirements, should the number of attendants meet the capacity of the 
room, the meeting will be closed.
    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: March 14, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-6681 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]
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