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R -- MEDICAL RECORD CODING SERVICES SOL N00168-99-Q-B201 DUE 091898 POC Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer (301)295-6491 This is a notice of contract action 15 days before an issuance of a solicitation. Solicitation number N00168-99-Q-B201 will be issued 3 September 1998 for the Inpatient Medical Records Department, Patient Administration, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. This requirement is unrestricted. NNMC has a requirement for on-site medical record coding utilizing the International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Edition-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) and Current Procedural Terminology 4th Edition (CPT-4) Coding Systems and the Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) version 11.0 format. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for the period 1 October 1998 through 30 September 1999. An estimated nineteen thousand (19,000) records to be coded during the length of the contract. Requests for a copy of the solicitation and statement of work shall be by facsimile to the attention of Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer (301)295-0286 (no telephone requests, please). This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Award will be contingent upon availability of FY99 funding. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238368). (0230)

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