International Classification of Diseases

tenth revision (ICD-10) Updates for

COVID-19
ICD-10?
•International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10)
•Diagnostic coding system
•Created by WHO
•Health standard for mortality and morbidity data
•Allocation of healthcare resources and reimbursement system
•Standard for reporting and defining disorders, injuries, and diseases trends
COVID-19
• An infectious disease
• Caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
• Symptoms how up in 2-14 days of exposure. And may include.
• Chills or fever, cough, shortness of breath, headache, nausea, runny nose, sore
throat, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell etc (CDC, 2020)
Updated ICD-10 codes for COVID-19

•ICD-10 code U07.1 assigned to confirmed covid-19 diagnosis.

• ICD-10 code of U07.2 assigned when COVID-19, virus not identified,
confirmation is inconclusive or not available.
• Both U07.1 and U07.2 used for mortality coding as cause of death (WHO, 2020).
Effects of COVID-19 on ICD-10

• Quality measurement and medical error reduction

• Public health
• Organizational monitoring and performance
• Reimbursement (AHIMA, 2020).

• Other benefit may include;

• Improved medical research, financial, and administrative performance measurement.
• It facilitates healthcare policy planning, operational and strategic planning.
• Finally, these updates educate consumers on the costs and outcomes of treatment options
(AHIMA, 2020)..
Example of using COVID-19 codes
Asymptotic individual , test positive for covid-19
Code U70.1, covid-19 infection (AHA.ORG, 2020).

Acute respiratory illness due to covid-19

•Pneumonia
Code U07.1, covid-19, and the J12.89, other viral pneumonia.
•Acute bronchitis
Code U07.1, and j20.8, acute bronchitis due to specified organisms.
 Covid-19 Infection in pregnancy, childbirth, and
the puerperium

COVID-19 updates in pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium

• principal diagnosis, 098.5- then other viral diseases

• Secondary diagnosis, U07.1, covid-19 and then the codes for the associated
manifestation (AHA.ORG, 2020).
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