Archives for March 2020

ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines – Supplement Coding encounters related to COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak Effective: February 20, 2020 Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide official diagnosis coding guidance for health care encounters and deaths related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) previously named 2019-nCoV. The COVID-19 caused an outbreak of respiratory illness, and  … Read More

New ICD-10-CM code for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), October 1, 2020 Effective: February 20, 2020 On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. As a result of the declaration, the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHOFIC) Network Classification  … Read More