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Start using new COVID-19 code today — but check these Official Guidelines first

by: Laura Evans, CPC Apr 1, 2020

The new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) takes effect today (April 1) and to help you use it, the government has issued new ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting specific to the code.

ICD-10 Committee issues tabular instructions, indexing info for COVID-19 code

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 25, 2020

Providers and payers now have revised tabular and index information for new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) issued today by the panel that maintains the diagnosis code set in the U.S.

ICD-10 committee: Start reporting confirmed cases of COVID-19 with U07.1 on April 1

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 18, 2020

Providers in the U.S. will have a specific ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for the COVID-19 virus beginning April 1.

CDC: Here’s how to code COVID-19 cases

by: Laura Evans, CPC Feb 25, 2020

With the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continuing to spread internationally, the coding world is catching up, little by little.

Update: ICD-10-CM panel issues tabular instructions for new vaping code

by: Laura Evans, CPC Jan 24, 2020

When you encounter vaping-related injury or illness cases in a clinical setting, you are to report the new emergency vaping code, U07.0 as the primary diagnosis, according to newly issued tabular guidance for the code from the ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee.

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