| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
Office of Information Assurance, Office of Information, Veterans Health
time service was provided. Four code sets, (ICD-9-CM, CPT, CPT modifiers,
DRG) for this project were modified as required under HIPAA legislation to
be date-sensitive under the first phase of the project.
At the time that CSV was developed, a request was made to defer
applicable text versioning to the next iteration. This deferment of the
short and long-text versions from the CSV project makes up the scope of
this Code Text Descriptor (CTD) project. This follow-up project, CTD,
intends to add the functionality of date-sensitive versioning
for all applicable code text descriptors for the four code sets, effective
Administration (VHA), requested modifications to the VHA Information
with all textual changes occurring since October 1, 2002.
This patch addresses the changes done within the Surgery V. 3.0 software
in compliance with the CTD project.
The only noticeable difference users may see will occur when a specific
CPT, CPT modifier or ICD9 code descriptor changes base on the date of
operation for the case.
Systems and Technical Architecture (VistA) Patient Information Management
System (PIMS) package that would allow for the use of multiple versions of
the code sets employed in financial transactions. This work was completed
in 2003 in the Code Set Versioning (CSV) project that was deployed in
October of 2003. CSV included the Health Information Portability and
Accessibility Act (HIPAA) stipulation that diagnosis and procedure codes
used for billing purposes must be the codes that were applicable at the
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