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., November 17, 2000.

Place: The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Multi-purpose Room, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

Purpose: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee will hold its final meeting of the calendar year 2000 cycle on Friday November 17, 2000. 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:

Hemophilia carrier status

Developmental hip dislocation

Heart failure

Constipation

Urologic conditions

Clinical trial participant

Dental caries

Implementation of the ICD-10-PCS coding system

Removal of Intra-aortic balloon pump

Transcervical fetal oxygen saturation

Abdominal cerclage (FspOs) monitoring

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, HCFA, 7500 Security Blvd., Room C4-07-07, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244 telephone 410-786-1542 (procedures).

Notice: In the interest of security, HCFA has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by non-government employees. Persons without a government I.D. must show a photo I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon entering the building.

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