tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2021 Issue Q4

Reader Question: Pocket These ICD-10 Codes for Adverse COVID Vaccination Reactions

Question: Our large practice has been administering COVID-19 vaccines to our Medicare beneficiaries for quite a while now. We know how to document the vaccine and the administration, but how do we document an adverse reaction to the vaccine? Connecticut Subscriber Answer: The AHA ICD-10-CM Coding Clinic gave the following advice in Vol. 8, No. 1 (2021) on how to code adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine. First, assign the code for the side effects: Depending on the patient, this could take the form of numerous conditions, such as R07.89 (Other chest pain), R09.89 (Other specified symptoms...

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