The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement the new specific ICD-10-CM code for COVID-19, U07.1, April 1 rather than Oct. 1 as originally planned, the agency said today. The code is not retroactive, and more guidance on usage will be released later this week
From April 1, 2020, medical coders should use ICD 10 code U07.1 (Covid-19) for confirm cases as primary/principal diagnosis. Any manifestation of this disease such as respiratory failure will be coded as secondary diagnosis.
Emergency use ICD codes for COVID-19 disease outbreak
The COVID-19 disease outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern.
- An emergency ICD-10 code of U07.1 is assigned to a disease diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by laboratory testing.
- An emergency ICD-10 code of U07.2 is assigned to a clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available.
- The title of U07 will be changed back to ‘codes for emergency use’
- In ICD-11, the code for the confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 is RA01.0 and the code for the clinical diagnosis (suspected or probable) of COVID-19 is RA01.2.
References:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/Announcement-New-ICD-code-for-coronavirus-3-18-2020.pdf
https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/covid19/en/
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