[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8877-8878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3484]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee Meeting

    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.-5:30 p.m., March 5, 2012.

    Place: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Auditorium, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting

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room accommodates approximately 240 people.
    Security Considerations: Due to increased security requirements CMS 
has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by 
non-government employees. Attendees will need to present valid 
government-issued picture identification, and sign-in at the security 
desk upon entering the building. Attendees who wish to attend the ICD-
9-CM C&M meeting on March 5, 2012, must submit their name and 
organization by February 27, 2012, 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.
    Participants 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.
    Please register to attend the meeting on-line at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/events/.
    Please contact Mady Hue (410-786-4510 or [email protected]), 
for questions about the registration process.
    Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee 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:
March 5, 2012
    ICD-9-CM Procedure Topics:

Administration of Fidaxomicin
Placement of Modeling Catheter in Endovascular Graft Procedure
Injection or Infusion of Glucarpidase

    ICD-10 Updates:

ICD-10 MS-DRG Update
ICD-10 HAC Translation List
Impact of ICD-10 MS-DRGs Implementation

    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Topics:

Atypical femoral fracture
Choking ``game''
Cognitive sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
Family history of SIDS

Addenda

    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Note: CMS and NCHS will no longer provide 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.

    Contact Persons for Additional Information: Donna Pickett, Medical 
Systems Administrator, Classifications and Public Health Data Standards 
Staff, NCHS, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2337, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 
email [email protected], telephone 301-458-4434 (diagnosis); Mady Hue, 
Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Acute Care, CMS, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, email [email protected], 
telephone 410-786-4510 (procedures).
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 8, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-3484 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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