2012-3484. ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) 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 (C&M) Committee meeting.

Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 5, 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 the ICD-9-CM C&M meeting on March 5, 2012, must submit their name and organization by February 27, 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 [e-mail]), for questions about the registration process.

Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance 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: Tentative agenda items include:

March 5, 2012

ICD-9-CM Procedure Topics:

Administration of Fidaxomicin

Placement of Modeling Catheter in Endovascular Graft Procedure

Injection or Infusion of Glucarpidase

ICD-10 Updates:

ICD-10 MS-DRG Update

ICD-10 HAC Translation List

Impact of ICD-10 MS-DRGs Implementation

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Topics:

Atypical femoral fracture

Choking “game”

Cognitive sequelae of cerebrovascular disease

Family history of SIDS

Addenda

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 [e-mail], telephone [phone] (diagnosis); Mady Hue, Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Acute Care, CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, email [e-mail], telephone [phone] (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.

Dated: February 8, 2012.

Elaine L. Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.