[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8963-8964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4204]


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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.-4:30 p.m., March 11-12, 2009.
    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 2009 calendar year cycle on 
Wednesday and Thursday March 11-12, 2009. 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: Body Mass 
Index (BMI) 50 and over Cognitive symptoms related to Traumatic Brain 
Injury (TBI) and other eurological conditions, E. coli expansion fecal 
incontinence 5th digits for epilepsy codes, Heart failure, Mullerian 
anomalies personal history of Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) 
and Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VAIN)Addenda (diagnoses), 
Injection of chemotherapeutic agent Intravascular optical coherence 
tomography (OCT), Thoracoscopic procedures, Virtual histology 
intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS), Addenda (procedures), and ICD-10/
MS-DRG 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 March 11-12, 2009 
meeting must submit their name and organization by March 5, 2009 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

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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 13, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E9-4204 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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