Question

ICD-10 coding changes for 2021 and tell us one thing you learned from what you read. Be sure to cite your source.

Answer 1

THE ICD-10 Procedure Coding system is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient health care settings. It is used to track health care statistics /disease burden, quality outcomes, mortality statistics and billing.

For 2021,there are 490 new, 47 revised and 58 deleted ICD-10 CM Codes.

The first new code in ICD-10-CM 2021 are A84. 81 Powassan virus disease and A84. 89 Other tick-borne viral encephalitis.

The main thing is Under Chapter 1 Guidelines, updates for the COVID-19 Coding, including the following.

I. C. 1.g.1.a. Code only confirmed cases.

b. Sequencing of codes.

c. Acute respiratory manifestation of COVID-19.

d. Non- Respiratory manifestation of COVID - 19

e. Exposure to COVID - 19

f. Screening for COVID - 19

g. Signs and symptoms of COVID - 19

h. Asymptomatic individuals who test positive for COVID - 19.

k. Encounter for antibody testing.

Thus One thing I learned from reading ICD-10 for 2021 is that Physicians urge U. S. to take COVID - 19 seriously.