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]
[S. 972 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 972

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2013

   Mr. Coburn (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Paul) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 Fed. Reg. 3328), the regulation issued on September 5, 2012 
(77 Fed. Reg. 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.
                                 <all>