tci Part B Insider - 2020 Issue Q3

ICD-10: Update Your COVID-19 Coding Options

Tip: Master the coding process with relevant Z codes. Despite much progress across the nation in “flattening the curve” of COVID-19 transmission, the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the nation. Now that states and regions are slowly opening back up, spikes are expected, and you may want to prepare for an uptick in COVID-19 diagnoses. 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 of an...

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