tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q2

Reader Question: Know These Coding Options for COVID-19 Quandaries

Question: Has the government issued any guidance regarding coding for the current coronavirus outbreak? SuperCoder Subscriber Answer: Yes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have all issued the following guidance for coding both coronavirus diagnoses and testing. 1) For confirmed cases of COVID-19: April 1: Use ICD-10 code U07.1 (2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease). The CDC, under the National Emergencies Act, section 201 and 301, announced that its moving the effective date of the new diagnosis code from Oct. 1, 2020 to April...

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