[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17325]


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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), Classifications and 
Public Health Data Standards announces the following meeting.

    Name: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., September 29, 2005. 9 a.m.-4 
p.m., September 30, 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 final meeting of the 2005 calendar year 
cycle on Thursday and Friday, September 29-30, 2005. 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: Complex and 
simple febrile seizures, family history of colonic polyps, 
mucositis, newborn post discharge check, benign prostatic 
hypertrophy with lower urinary tract symptoms, acute and chronic 
gingival disease, anal sphincter tear, addenda (diagnosis), cervical 
stump prolapse, growth-guidance device/8-plate, M-brace dynamic 
spinal stabilization system, implantable hemodynamic monitor, 
injection or infusion of Levosimendan, laparoscopic hysterectomy, 
Taylor spatial frame, bifurcated vessel procedure, EPS studies, 
addenda (procedures), ICD-10-Procedure Coding System (PCS) update.
    For Further Information Contact: Amy Blum, Medical Systems 
Specialist, Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, 
NCHS, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, e-
mail [email protected], telephone 301-458-4106 (diagnosis), Mady Hue, 
Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Acute Care, CMS, 7500 
Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland 21244, e-mail 
[email protected], telephone 410-786-4510 (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 driver's 
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 
September 29-30, 2005 meeting must submit their name and 
organization by September 26, 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: August 24, 2005.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-17325 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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