[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 165 (Monday, August 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16903]


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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: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., September 27-28, 2007.
    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 2007 calendar year cycle on Thursday 
and Friday, September 27-28, 2007. 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:

Androgen insensitivity
Carcinoid tumors/neuroendocrine tumors
Decubitus ulcer expansion
Eosinophilic disorders
Fetal medicine
Functional incontinence
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Isolated systolic hypertension
Keratitis (Acanthamoeba and Fusarium)
Leukemia in relapse
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Retrolental fibroplasia
Secondary diabetes
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Wound disruption
Addenda (Diagnoses)
ICD-10-CM Update
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
Laparoscopic colectomy
Laparoscopic deployed inguinal hernia repair mesh
Oversewing of atrial appendage
Bi-ventricular replacement
Intra-aneurysm sac pressure
Direct aqueous oxygen infusion therapy
Kyphoplasty
Intravascular chemography
Intravascular pressure measurement
Percutaneous tracheostomy
Repair of the annulus fibrosus
Surgical gel implantation

Addenda (Procedures)

    ICD-10-Procedure Classification 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 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 September 27-28, 2007 
meeting must submit their name and organization by September 20, 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 on-line 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.

Diane C. Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E7-16903 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]
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