[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48985-48986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20019]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Meeting of the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance 
Committee

    The 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 p.m., September 19, 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 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 a 
specific ICD-9-CM C&M meeting on September 19, 2012, must submit their 
name and organization by September 10, 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 (C&M) Committee 
is a public forum for the presentation of proposed modifications to the 
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth-Revision, Clinical 
Modification, the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth-
Revision, Clinical Modification and ICD-10-Procedure Coding System.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Tentative agenda items include: September 
19, 2012.
    ICD-10 Topics:

ICD-10 Implementation Announcements
Expansion of Thoracic Aorta Body Part Under Heart and Great Vessels 
System
Addendum Issues (Temporary Therapeutic Endovascular Occlusion of 
Vessel, changing body part from thoracic aorta to abdominal aorta)
ICD-10 MS-DRGs
ICD-10 HAC Translations
ICD-10 MCE Translations

    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Topics:

Age related macular degeneration
Bilateral mononeuropathy
Bilateral option for cerebrovascular codes
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Complications of urinary devices
Diabetic macular edema
Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)
Maternal care for previous Cesarean section/previous uterine incision
Metatarsus varus (congenital metatarsus adductus)
Microscopic colitis
Mid-cervical region and coding of spinal cord injuries
Multifocal motor neuropathy
Parity to supervision of pregnancy codes
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Retinal vascular occlusions
Salter Harris fractures
Sesamoiditis
Shin splints
Spontaneous rupture/disruption of tendon

    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.


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    Dated: August 9, 2012.
Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-20019 Filed 8-14-12; 8:45 am]
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