05/10/2015    

HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION

Re-introduced U.S. House Bill Would Stop ICD-10

 

Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), supported by six of his Republican colleagues, has introduced a House bill to block the government-mandated transition to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnostic code set in October. Dubbed the Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015, the legislation would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring the medical community to comply with the ICD-10 codes.

 

Instead, the bill would have the US Government Accountability Office conduct a study "in consultation with stakeholders in the medical community…to identify steps that can be taken to mitigate the disruption on healthcare providers resulting from a replacement of ICD-9 as such a standard."

 

Source: Ken Terry, Medscape News [5/7/15]