[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53426-53427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21599]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); Notice of Meeting

    Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, announces 
the following meeting:
    Name: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.., September 24, 2008. 8:30 a.m.-6 
p.m., September 25, 2008.
    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 2008 calendar year cycle on 
Wednesday and Thursday September 24-25, 2008. 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:

Activity codes
Acute Life Threatening Event (ALTE)
Colic
Congestive heart failure
Dysphonia
Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia
Epilepsy
Failed sedation
Fitting/adjustment, gastric band
Fluency disorders
Gout
Merkel cell carcinoma
Pouchitis
Sleep maintenance
Traumatic brain injury
Tumor lysis syndrome
Venous thrombosis embolism
Addenda (diagnoses)
Cardiac contractility modulation
Endoscopic insertion of colonic stent
Endoscopic valve insertion
Infrared vascular imaging
Intraoperative Anesthetic Effect Monitoring and Titration
Intravitreal injectables

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Thermal therapy for brain tumors
Addenda (procedures)
ICD-10 update and effect on MS-DRGs
Cooperating Parties 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 24-25, 2008 meeting must 
submit their name and organization by September 12, 2008 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, no additional attendees will be accepted into the meeting.
    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: September 5, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-21599 Filed 9-15-08; 8:45 am]
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