National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Data Policy and Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57100-57101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27628]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Data Policy and 
Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting

NAME: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., November 12, 1999.

PLACE: The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Auditorium, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland. In the interest of 
security, persons without a government I.D. will need to show a photo 
I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon entering the building.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
auditorium will accommodate 500 people.

PURPOSE: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee will 
hold its final meeting of the 1999 cycle on Friday, November 12, 1999. 
The C&M meeting 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:


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Acute exacerbation of asthma & bronchiectasis
Dementia with behavioral disturbances
Postmenopausal status
Prolonged pregnancy
Plica of the knee
Update on the ICD-10-PCS coding system
Urological procedures
Neuroprotective agents
Stem cell transplantation with or without purging
Application of Anti-adhesion barrier gel in spinal surgery
Addenda

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Amy Blum, Medical 
Classification Specialist, Data Policy and Standards Staff, NCHS, 6526 
Belcrest Road, Room 1100, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/
436-7050 ext. 164 (diagnosis), or Amy Gruber, Health Insurance 
Specialist, Division of Acute Care, HCFA, 7500 Security Blvd., Room C4-
07-07, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244 telephone 410-786-1542 (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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-27628 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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