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HR 2126 114th Congress House

Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015

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

Introduced: May 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment studies and investigations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 14, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2015
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.
Apr 30, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 14, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 3
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Jun 4, 2015
Roby, Martha
· Jun 3, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · May 18, 2015
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Apr 30, 2015
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Apr 30, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2126: Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2126/
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"H.R. 2126: Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2126/.
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