[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51985-51986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21167]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance 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 Committee meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 14, 2011.
    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 14, 2011, must submit their 
name and organization by September 9, 2011, 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.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include:

September 14, 2011

ICD-10 Updates

    2012 ICD-10-PCS.
    2012 ICD-10-PCS GEM and Reimbursement Map Updates.
    ICD-10-PCS Official Coding Guidelines.
    ICD-10 MS-DRGs.

ICD-9-CM Procedure Topics

    Electromagnetic Tip Tracked Sensor devices used in lung 
bronchoscopy and lung biopsy procedures.
    Extracorporeal Heart and Lung Assist System, including Membrane 
Oxygenation, CO2 Removal.

ICD-10-PCS Topics

    Implantable meshes.

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Topics

    Aggressive periodontitis.
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
    Chronic periodontitis.
    Gingival recession.
    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 websites 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, 
e-mail [email protected], telephone 301-458-4434 (diagnosis); Mady Hue, 
Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Acute Care, CMS, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, e-mail [email protected], 
telephone 410-786-4510 (procedures).
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated

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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: August 10, 2011.
Elizabeth Millington,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-21167 Filed 8-18-11; 8:45 am]
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