tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q4

Reader Questions: Know How to Report Long COVID

Question: Our surgeons have noted that they sometimes encounter patients who have symptoms of long COVID, and that the condition impacts their medical decision making regarding decisions for surgery. Is there a diagnosis code for long COVID that would help us document this factor? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: Yes, the appropriate code to indicate “long-COVID” is U09.9 (Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified). ICD-10-CM includes a “code first” indicator for U09.9 that states you should identify the specific condition that relates to COVID-19, if known, such as J84.10 (Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified). A recent MLN Connects provides...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci General Surgery Coding Alert.


Leverage vital, to-the-point monthly guidance to boost your reporting accuracy and your coding know-how. We make it convenient for your team to stay informed, compliant, and profitable with a subscription to TCI’s General Surgery Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1999 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci General Surgery Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.