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ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 28-29, 2006 Diagnosis Agenda ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 28-29, 2006 Diagnosis Agenda Welcome and announcements Donna Pickett, MPH, RHIA Co-Chair, ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee ICD-9-CM TIMELINE .................................................................................................... 2 Hearing loss, speech, language, and swallowing disorders ........................................... 8 Kyle C. Dennis, Ph.D., CCC-A, FAAA and Dee Adams Nikjeh,Ph.D., CCC-SLP American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Urinary risks factors for bladder cancer ...................................................................... 13 Louis S. Liou, M.D., Ph.D., Abbott Chronic Total Occlusion of Artery of Extremities....................................................... 15 Matt Selmon, M.D., Cordis Osteonecrosis of jaw ....................................................................................................... 17 Vincent DiFabio,M.D., American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome ........................................................................... 18 Priscilla Arnold, M.D., American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Septic embolism............................................................................................................... 19 Parvovirus B19 ................................................................................................................ 21 Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)............................................................................................. 22 Myotonic disorders ......................................................................................................... 24 Cardiac tamponade......................................................................................................... 26 Effects of Harmful Algal Bloom and Toxins ................................................................ 27 Secondary diabetes mellitus ........................................................................................... 29 Fetal medicine..................................................................................................................38 Antenatal screening ........................................................................................................ 42 Personal history of cervical dysplasia ........................................................................... 43 Acquired absence of cervix/uterus ................................................................................ 44 Screening for human papillomavirus (HPV) and sexually transmitted diseases (STD)...................................................................................................... 46 Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia I, II, and III [VAIN I, II and III] .......................... 48 Malignant ascites............................................................................................................. 50 Assisted reproductive fertility procedure status .......................................................... 51 Personal history of sudden cardiac arrest and TIA/cerebral infarction ................... 52 Acquired red cell aplasia ................................................................................................ 54 ADDENDA....................................................................................................................... 55 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 28-29, 2006 ICD-9-CM TIMELINE A timeline of important dates in the ICD-9-CM process is described below: August 18, 2006 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule published in the Federal Register as mandated by Public Law 99 509. This rule will also include all the final codes to be implemented on October 1, 2006. This rule can be accessed at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/IPPS/list.asp August 2006 Tentative agenda for the Procedure part of the September 28 – 29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting will be posted on CMS homepage at - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/paymentsystems/icd9 Tentative agenda for the Diagnosis part of the September 28 – 29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting will be posted on NCHS homepage at - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm Federal Register notice for the September 28 – 29, 2006 ICD-9- CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting will be published. This will include the tentative agenda. September 17, 2006 Because of increased security requirements, those wishing to attend the September 28-29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting must register for the meeting online at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/events Attendees must register online by September 17, 2006; failure to do so may result in lack of access to the meeting. Sept. 28-29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting. Those who wish to attend the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting must have registered for the meeting online by September 17, 2006. You must bring an official form of picture identification (such as a driver’s license) in order to be admitted to the building. October 1, 2006 New and revised ICD-9-CM codes go into effect along with DRG changes. Final addendum posted on web pages as follows: Diagnosis addendum - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm Procedure addendum at - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/paymentsystems/icd9 2 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 28-29, 2006 October, 2006 Summary report of the Procedure part of the September 28-29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting posted on CMS homepage at - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes Summary report of the Diagnosis part of the September 28-29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting report posted on NCHS homepage at - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm October 13, 2006 Deadline for receipt of public comments on proposed code revisions discussed at the September 28 – 29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meetings for implementation on April 1, 2007 to capture new technology. Early Nov., 2006 Any new ICD-9-CM codes required to capture new technology that will be implemented on April 1, 2007 will be announced. Information on any new codes to be implemented on April 1, 2007 will be posted on the following websites: Procedure at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/paymentsystems/icd9 Diagnosis addendum at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm Code titles at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/icd9code.asp December 4, 2006 Deadline for receipt of public comments on proposed code revisions discussed at the March 23 - 24, 2006 and September 28 29, 2006 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meetings for implementation on October 1, 2007. January 22, 2007 Deadline for requestors: Those members of the public requesting topics for discussion at the March 22-23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting must have their requests to CMS for procedures and NCHS for diagnoses by this date. February 2007 Draft agenda for the Procedure part of the March 22, 2007 ICD-9- CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting posted on CMS homepage as follows: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes Draft agenda for the Diagnosis part of the March 23, 2007 ICD-9- CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting posted on NCHS homepage as follows: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm 3 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting September 28-29, 2006 Federal Register notice of March 22 – March 23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting will be published. February 22, 2007 On-line registration opens for the March 22 – 23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/events March 16, 2007 Because of increased security requirements, those wishing to attend the March 22 – March 23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting must register for the meeting online at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/events Attendees must register online by March 16, 2007; failure to do so may result in lack of access to the meeting. March 22 –23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting. April 1, 2007 Any new ICD-9-CM codes required to capture new technology will be implemented. Information on any new codes implemented on April 1, 2007 previously posted in early October 2006 will be on the following websites: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo April 13, 2007 Deadline for receipt of public comments on proposed code revisions discussed at the March 22-23, 2007 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meetings for implementation on October 1, 2007. April 2007 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be published in the Federal Register as mandated by Public Law 99-509. This notice will include the final ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for the upcoming fiscal year. It will also include proposed revisions to the DRG system on which the public may comment. The proposed rule can be accessed at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/IPPS/list.asp April 2007 Summary report of the Procedure part of the March 22, 2007 ICD- 9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting will be posted on CMS homepage as follows: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes Summary report of the Diagnosis part of the March 23, 2007 ICD-
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