AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2022 Issue 4; In This Issue

Mpox (formerly monkeypox) with new CPT Category I codes

On Aug. 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services declared the increased spread of the monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus, which is a member of the Poxiviridae family of viruses, the same family of viruses responsible for smallpox and cowpox. The monkeypox virus can be further divided into newly named variants Clade I, (formerly Congo Basin) and Clade II (formerly West African). The most common and less severe variant, Clade II - which can be further subdivided into Clades IIa and IIb, are responsible for...

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