[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3660]


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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 (C&M) Committee 
meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., March 22-23, 2007.
    Place: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 
Auditorium, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.
    Status: Open to the public.
    Purpose: 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: Tentative agenda items include:

Migraines and other headache syndromes
Transplant complications
Hormone therapy for breast cancer
Penicillin resistant infections
Central line infections
Fetal medicine
Plateau iris syndrome and pingueculitis
Secondary diabetes mellitus
Erythema multiforme
Malignant pleural effusion
Autoimmune hepatitis
Addenda (diagnosis)
Intraoperative electron radiation therapy
Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring
Thoracoscopic procedures
Procedures on vena cava
STARR procedure for males
Oversewing of the atrial appendage
Transjugular biopsy of liver
Total disc replacement
Recalled devices
Motion preserving technologies
Addenda (procedures)
ICD-10 procedure coding system (PCS update)

    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, 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 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 22-
23, 2007 meeting must submit their name and organization by March 
14, 2007 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 online at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/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: February 26, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-3660 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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