tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q2

ICD-10-CM: Utilize These COVID-19 Coding Updates

Tip: Check out the relevant Z codes. With states and regions slowly opening back up due to the nation’s curve-flattening progress, coronavirus spikes are expected. If you are in the process of transitioning your practice back to status quo, you may want to prepare for an uptick in COVID-19 diagnoses with a review of the latest coding options. Reminder: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added an ICD-10-CM code for COVID-19: U07.1 (COVID-19) and specific instructions were provided via the ICD-10 Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines, which became effective April 1, 2020. “The creation...

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