DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2021 Issue 8 (August)

FY 2022 ICD-10-CM update: Guidelines fill in the details for reporting new post COVID-19 code

Beginning Oct. 1, when a patient shows signs of sequelae (late effects) of COVID-19 after the active infection has ended, you should code first the specific symptoms or sequelae, followed by code U09.9 (Post COVID-19 condition), according to new additions to the 2022 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, released last month by the CDC.

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