Agenda of the May 29-30, 2002 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearings

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Final Agenda

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND SECURITY

May 29-30, 2002

Hearings on HIPAA Code Set Issues

Department of Health Human Services
Hubert Humphrey Building, Room 705A
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20020

Meeting Minutes

	Wednesday, May 29, 2002 Transcript
9:00 a.m.	Call to Order and Introductions Review Agenda	Dr. Cohn Dr. Zubeldia (session chair)
9:10 a.m.	Possible replacement of ICD-9-CM, Vol. 1 & 2 (Diagnosis) with ICD-10-CM	Edward J. Sondik, NCHS
9:25 a.m.	Overview of ICD-10-CM	Donna Pickett, NCHS
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:35 a.m.	Summary of May 17-18, 1997 NCVHS hearings on code sets	Lizabeth Fisher, NCHS

10:45 a.m.	Panel 1 – Possible replacement of ICD-9-CM, Vol. 1& 2 (Diagnosis) with ICD-10-CM	Laura Powers, M.D., American Academy of Neurology Statement Steve Mirin, MD, MPH, American Psychiatric Association John Muldoon, National Association of Children's Hospitals & Related Institutions Albert L. Strunk, J.D., M.D., American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists Margaret Warner, NCHS
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Panel 1 (continued) – Possible replacement of ICD-9-CM, Vol. 1& 2 (Diagnosis) with ICD-10-CM	Sue Prophet, American Health Information Management Association Chris Frazier, American Academy of Procedural Coders Nelly Leon-Chisen, American Hospital Association Louise Smith, R.N., McKesson Corp.
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Panel 2 - Systems Issues related to transitions to new code sets (Vendor perspective)	Elizabeth Johnson, Tenet HealthSystems Louise Smith, R.N., McKesson Corp. Chris Riopelle, Gambro Healthcare Robert Hardesty, Cermer Corp. Keith Mitchell, 3M Health Information Systems
4:50 p.m.	Subcommittee discussion of ICD-10-CM testimony	Subcommittee
5:30 p.m.	Adjourn

	Thursday, May 30, 2002 Transcript
8:30 a.m.	Call to Order and Introductions Review Agenda	Dr. Cohn Dr. Zubeldia (session chair)
8:40 a.m.	Panel 1 – Procedure Code set Follow-up Reports HCPCS Update Process AMA Update Process	Tom Gustafson, CMS Michael Beebe, American Medical Association
10:20 a.m.	Break
10:35 a.m.	Follow-up Report from Alternative Link and AMA	Melinna Gianinni, Alternative Link and Michael Beebe, AMA
11:35 a.m.	Impact of Elimination of Local Codes on Claims Processing for Nursing Services	Carol Bickford, American Nurses Association
12:05 a.m.	Subcommittee discussion on Issues presented during morning sessions
12:10 p.m.	Subcommittee discussion on Additional Carryover Issues Version Control Standard Use of Code Set Guidelines Frequency of Updates Diagnostic Criteria	Subcommittee
12:50 p.m.	Discussion of future agendas for HIPAA Code Set issues
1:00	Adjourn

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