[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4428]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee

    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., March 31-April 1, 2005.
    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 2005 calendar year cycle on Thursday 
and Friday March 31-April 1, 2005. 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:

Sleep disorders
Epilepsy
Transfusion related lung injury (TRALI)
Failed hearing screening
Myelitis
Macrophage activation syndrome
Subtalar joint arthroereisis
360 degree spinal fusion
Implantation of interspinous process decompression device
Hip arthroplasty `` bearing surfaces
External fracture fixation devices
Endovascular implantation of graft in thoracic aorta Infusion of 
liquid radioisotope
Radiofrequency Total Occlusion Crossing System
ICD-10-Procedure Coding System (PCS) update Addenda

    Contact Person for Additional Information: Amy Blum, Medical 
Systems 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: Because of increased security requirements,(CMS) has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by non-
government employees. Persons without a government I.D. will need to 
show an official form of picture I.D., (such as a drivers license), and 
sign-in at the security desk upon entering the building.
    Those who wish to attend a specific ICD-9-CM C&M meeting in the CMS 
auditorium must submit their name and organization for addition to the 
meeting visitor list. Those wishing to attend the March 31-April 1, 
2005 meeting must submit their name and organization by March 29, 2005 
for inclusion on the visitor list. This visitor list will be maintained 
at the front desk of the CMS building and used by the guards to admit 
visitors to the meeting. Those who attended previous ICD-9-CM C&M 
meetings will no longer be automatically added to the visitor list. You 
must request inclusion of your name prior to each meeting you attend. 
Register to attend the meeting on-line at: http://cms.hhs.gov/events.
    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 2, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4428 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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