ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting; 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.-5 p.m., April 18-19, 2002.

Place: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Auditorium, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.

Status: Open to the public.

Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee will hold its first meeting of the 2002 calendar year cycle on Thursday and Friday April 18-19, 2002. 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: Asthma, Neurologic topics, Myasthenia gravis in crisis, Sickle Cell disease, delayed separation of umbilical cord, Facial droop, long-term antiplatelet/antithrombotic (aspirin) use, artificial heart status/complications of artificial heart, encounter for insulin pump titration and training, ICD-10 Procedure Classification System (PCS)—Update Classic Infrafascial Semm Hysterectomy (CISH), Laparoscopic Assisted Supracervical Hysterectomy (LASH), intra-arterial blood gas monitoring, multi-level spinal fusion, vascular access device, 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 301/458-4106 (diagnosis), Amy Gruber, Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Acute Care, CMS, 7500 Security Blvd., Room C4-07-07, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244 telephone 410-786-1542 (procedures).

Notice: In the interest of security, (CMS) has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by non-government employees. 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.

Notice: This is a public meeting. However, because of fire code requirements, should the number of attendants meet the room capacity, the meeting room will be closed.

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