I enjoyed reading your information about HIPAA. I found more interesting information about HIPAA. According to Understanding ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, HIPAA was passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of health-care coverage. The Administrative Simplification aspect of this legislation developed standards for the electronic exchange of health-care data for administrative and financial transactions. The final rule on transactions and code sets mandated the use of standardized code sets for the electronic submission of health-care data. I think the code sets seem very easy and not confusing. I could see why health care facilities need code sets. There are so many steps and a lot of work put into coding, they need
