tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q4

Reader Questions: Pocket This ICD-11 Insight

Question: Is there any update on ICD-11? Georgia Subscriber Answer: While ICD-10 revisions continued in 2020 with the addition of a new chapter, Chapter 22 Codes for special purposes (U00-U85), and new codes U07.0 (Vaping-related disorder) and U07.1 (COVID-19), the timetable for the transition to ICD-11 in the U.S. still remains unclear — even though the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the code set in May 2019 for implementation in January 2022. In fact, AAPC believes it won’t be until 2025 that you’ll be using ICD-11 for reporting morbidity, and that the clinical modification...

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