title: Summary of ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
abstract: The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), recently met in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RRA (NCHS), and Patricia Brooks, RRA (HCFA), cochaired the meeting. Proposed modifications to ICD-9-CM were presented and are summarized below. Unless otherwise indicated, the audience generally supported the proposed changes.
authors.affiliation: AHIMA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prophet
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000145:classification; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000145:classification; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000145:classification; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000145:classification; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States