[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53148-53149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20976]


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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 (C&M) Committee 
meeting.
    Time and Date: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., September 18-19, 2013.
    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. We will be 
broadcasting the meeting live via Webcast at hhtp://www.cms.gov/live/.
    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 
September 18-19, 2013, ICD-9-CM C&M meeting must submit their name and 
organization by September 6, 2013, 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 wish 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: Agenda items include: September 18-19, 
2013.
    ICD-10 Topics:

Insertion of bone graft
Implantation of neurostimulation device
ICD-10 Updates
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Topics:

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Hearing Loss
Low lying placenta
Mental and Behavioral disorders
Neurology topics
Observation and evaluation for newborns
Oromaxillofacial Disorders
Pediatric topics
Periorbital and Preseptal Cellulitis
Periprosthetic Fractures
Traumatic Brain Injury
Unintended awareness under general anesthesia
Vaccine and prophylactic immunotherapy administration ICD-10-CM 
Addendum
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Note:  CMS and NCHS will no longer provide paper copies of 
handouts for the

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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.

Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-20976 Filed 8-27-13; 8:45 am]
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