Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 16, 2013)
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information.
(The ICD is a health care classification system of diagnostic codes for classifying diseases.)
What just happenedMay 16, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMay 16, 2013
- May 16, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 16, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate