tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 14

Diagnosis Coding: SARS and Monkey Pox Codes on the Way

- Hundreds of New ICD-9 Codes in the Works One of the scariest things about a new epidemic is not knowing how you'll code it if it turns up in your practice. Take severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, which required guesswork and head-scratching - until now. Even though SARS had a devastating effect worldwide - killing 800 people and infecting approximately 8,500-no codes have existed to diagnose the disease. The new version of the ICD-9 diagnosis coding, which takes effect in October, includes three SARS-related codes: V71.83 (Observation, suspected disorder [SARS]), 079.82 (SARS-associated coronavirus) and...

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