Boost ICD-10 coding with 7 COVID-19-specific scenarios.
With coronavirus not expected to subside any time soon, Medicare providers can’t let their guard down this fall. Luckily, ICD-10 updates offer coders clarity and guidance on coding for COVID-19.
Details: Revisions to the 2021 ICD-10-CM guidelines are fairly manageable this year. This is particularly the case for the COVID-19-related updates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first established COVID-19 guidelines in April of this year, so you will likely be familiar with most of the guidelines, effective on Oct. 1.
Unsurprisingly, “the major changes to the guidelines...
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