H.R. 2126 · 114th Congress
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Ted Poe
- Introduced
- 2015-04-30
- Latest action
- 2015-05-14 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing regulations that would replace ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases) with ICD-10 as a code set for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information. ICD is a system of diagnostic codes for classifying diseases.
The Government Accountability Office must recommend steps to mitigate the disruption to health care providers that would result from replacement of ICD-9.