HIPAA standards
Subtitle: dual code sets are acceptable for reporting medical procedures : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives.
Contributors: United States. General Accounting Office.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health.
Publisher: United States General Accounting Office
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: United States.; Insurance, Health -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- legislation & jurisprudence.; Insurance, Health -- economics -- United States.
Other titles: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Notes: Cover title.

"August 2002."

"GAO-02-796."

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Table of contents: value: Letter; value: Results in brief; value: Background; value: ICD-9-CM Vol.3 and CPT were practical options for standard code sets, despite some limitations; value: 20-PCS considered improvements over current inpatient code set standard, but some challenges remain; value: Merit of establishing a single procedural code set uncertain in light of practical considerations; value: Concluding observations; value: Agency comments; value: Appendix I. Code set standards for health-related services adopted under HIPAA; value: Appendix II. The distinct and independent code sets known as "ICD-9"; value: Appendix III. Comments from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.; value: Tables; value: Figures.