In response to the national emergency that was declared concerning the COVID-19 outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing six new diagnosis codes into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), effective January 1, 2021.
This file (also found in the Downloads section in the above link) contains information on the ICD-10-CM COVID-19 updates effective with discharges and patient encounters on and after January 1, 2021.
For more information, please contact Marketing, 402-489-1207.
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