[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-21962]
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[Federal Register: September 6, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Subcommittee on Medical Classification Systems: Meeting
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting.
Name: NCVHS Subcommittee on Medical Classification Systems.
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 12, 1994.
Place: Room 303A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The subcommittee will discuss: the national Medicare
claims accuracy study; the Health Care Financing Administration
Validation of Hospital Outpatient Diagnosis and Procedure Codes; the
proposed refinement of Medicare Diagnosis-Related Groups
incorporating severity measures; the International Classification of
Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps Revision Process; and the
Medicare Transition System.
An unavoidable administrative delay prevented meeting the 15-day
publication requirement.
Contact person for more information: Substantive program
information as well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of
committee members may be obtained from Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D.,
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone
301/436-7050.
Dated: August 31, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-21962 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]
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