[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56549-56550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23092]


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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.

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    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 15-16, 2010.
    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 the last meeting of the 2010 calendar year cycle on Wednesday 
and Thursday September 15-16, 2010. The C&M meeting is a public forum 
for the presentation of proposed modifications to the International 
Classification of Diseases, Ninth-Revision, Clinical Modification. 
There will be telephone lines available from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. 
and 2:15 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. (Wednesday) and 9 until 12:30 and 1:30 
until 3:15 p.m. (Thursday) for those who are unable to attend the 
meeting in person. The toll-free dial-in number for external 
participants is 1-800-837-1935; participant codes for the respective 
sessions are: 888801009, 88803327, 88805029, and 88808234. Participants 
attending by telephone do not need to formally register for the 
meeting. Dial-in lines are available on a first come, first served 
basis.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Tentative agenda items include:

September 15, 2010
    ICD-10 Topics (9-12:30)
    Freeze update
    General Equivalence Maps (GEMs)*
    MS-DRG Impact Analysis
    V28.0 ICD-10 MS-DRGs
    ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS updates

* Section 10109(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and the Reconciliation Act of 2010 (PPACA) requires the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) to task the C&M Committee to convene 
a meeting before January 1, 2011, to receive stakeholder input 
regarding the crosswalk between the Ninth and Tenth Revisions of the 
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9, and ICD-10, 
respectively), posted to the CMS Web site at http://www.cms.gov/ICD10, for the purpose of making appropriate revisions to said 
crosswalk.
    Section 10109(c) further states that any revised crosswalk be 
treated as a code set for which a standard has been adopted by the 
Secretary, and that revisions to this crosswalk be posted to the CMS 
Web site.
    The C&M Committee will use the first half of the first day of 
the September C&M Committee meeting, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, 
September 15, 2010, to fulfill the above-referenced PPACA 
requirements for this meeting to be held prior to January 1, 2011, 
and receive public input regarding the above-referenced crosswalk 
revision.
    No other meeting will be convened by the C&M Committee for this 
purpose. Interested parties and stakeholders should be prepared to 
submit their written comments and other relevant documentation at 
the meeting, or no later than November 12, 2010 to the following 
addresses:

ICD-9-CM procedure topics:
    Contrast Dye Removal
    Endovascular partial occlusion of abdominal aorta
    Endovascular Intracranial Aneurysm Embolization
    Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft
    Implantation of an Anti-Microbial Envelope
    Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring
    Addenda (procedures)

September 16, 2010
    Corticobasal degeneration
    Complication of stem cell transplant
    Gastroparesis
    Glaucoma
    Hepatopulmonary syndrome
    Interstitial lung diseases
    Malnutrition
    Mesh erosion
    Pseudobulbar affect
    Transfusion transmitted infections
    Genitourinary conditions
    Addenda (diagnoses)

    Contact Person for Additional Information: Donna Pickett, Medical 
Systems Administrator, Classifications and Public Health Data Standards 
Staff, NCHS, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2337, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 
e-mail [email protected], telephone 301-458-4434 (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).

    Note: CMS and NCHS will no longer be providing paper copies of 
handouts for the meeting. Electronic copies of all meeting materials 
will be posted on the CMS and NCHS Web sites prior to the meeting at 
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/03_meetings.asp#TopOfPage and http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9cm_maintenance.htm.

    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 in addition to the 
meeting visitor list. Those wishing to attend the September 15-16, 2010 
meeting must submit their name and organization by September 10, 2010 
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/.
    For questions about the registration process please contact Mady 
Hue (410-786-4510 or [email protected]).

    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: September 8, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-23092 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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