Cutting Costly Codes Act of 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.)

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1701 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1701

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 
       with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2013

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 
       with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REPLACEMENT OF ICD-9 WITH ICD-10 IN IMPLEMENTING 
              HIPAA CODE SET STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not 
implement, administer, or enforce the regulations issued on January 16, 
2009 (74 Federal Register 3328), the regulation issued on September 5, 
2012 (77 Federal Register 54664), or any similar regulation, insofar as 
any such regulation provides for the replacement of ICD-9 with ICD-10 
as a standard for code sets under section 1173(c) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(c)) and section 162.1002 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) GAO Report on ICD-9 Replacement.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States, 
        in consultation with stakeholders in the medical community, 
        shall conduct a study to identify steps that can be taken to 
        mitigate the disruption on health care providers resulting from 
        a replacement of ICD-9 as such a standard.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        each House of Congress a report on such study. Such report 
        shall include such recommendations respecting such replacement 
        and such legislative and administrative steps as may be 
        appropriate to mitigate the disruption resulting from such 
        replacement as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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