Bill113th Congress

S. 972

Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013

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Introduced
May 16, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Health
Latest Action
May 16, 2013
Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]

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Last Name: COBURN
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Bill Details

Update Date
Jan 11, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
972
Congress
113
Introduced Date
May 16, 2013
Policy Area
Health
Is Law
No
May 16, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Source: Senate

May 16, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· May 16, 20130

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.)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Senate· Standing
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingMedicaidMedicare

Introduced in Senate

May 16, 2013

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