---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 162.1000"
title: "45"
number: "162.1000"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/162.1000"
---

# §162.1000. General requirements.


When conducting a transaction covered by this part, a covered entity must meet the following requirements:

- (a) **Medical data code sets.** Use the applicable medical data code sets described in [§ 162.1002](/cfr/45/162.1002.md) as specified in the implementation specification adopted under this part that are valid at the time the health care is furnished.
- (b) **Nonmedical data code sets.** Use the nonmedical data code sets as described in the implementation specifications adopted under this part that are valid at the time the transaction is initiated.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d—1320d-9 and secs. 1104 and 10109 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154 and 915-917.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 50367, Aug. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.