2022 Comprehensive Covid-19 Guide Coding for COVID-19 PARA updates COVID-19 coding and billing information based on CMS and payors’ frequently changing guidelines regulations. Medical record documentation should support medical necessity and coding. The CDC offers an ICD-10 tool to assist in COVID-19 coding: https://icd10cmtool.cdc.gov/?fy=FY2021
The American Hospital Association revised their Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding for COVID-19 on August 27, 2021. It is available through the following link: https://www.codingclinicadvisor.com/sites/default/files/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions%20Regar ding%20COVID-19_v18%20%28S%29_0.pdf
Under the CDC’s and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCDHS), new ICD-10 codes are effective January 1, 2021: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/Announcement-New-ICD-code-for-coronavirus-19-508.pdf
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