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FAQs for ICD-10-CM Coding of COVID-19
The following questions and answers were jointly developed and approved by the American Hospital Association’s Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS and the American Health Information Management Association. Revised April 21, 2022.
Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, in The Rural Monitor
Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, and Director, Coding and Classification & Executive Editor for AHA Coding Clinic was featured in an article by The Rural Monitor: The Codes of Care: How Words and Numbers Have Transformative Power for Rural Healthcare.
New COVID-19 codes effective April 1, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement three new ICD-10 diagnosis codes for reporting COVID-19 vaccination status effective April 1, 2022. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement seven new ICD-10 procedure codes for COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines effective April 1, 2022.
FY 2022 ICD-10 Official Guidelines
The FY 2022 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are now posted at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10cm.htm. The guidelines are effective October 1, 2021.
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What’s New
Announcement
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The Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding for COVID-19 have been revised as of April 13, 2022 can be found here.
(4/13/2022)
Announcement
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing 2 new procedure codes, in addition to the 7 new procedure codes previously announced, bringing the total to 9 new procedure codes, to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics, including vaccines for COVID-19 treatment, into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS), effective April 1, 2022.
Additional files containing information related to these 2 procedure codes is located in the Downloads section labeled as ERRATA on the CMS website: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/icd-10/2022-icd-10-pcs.
(1/13/2022)