The creation of the new combined code would "improve coding specificity for pneumonia due to [COVID-19]," according to committee members. During a meeting in early September, members of the ICD-10 ...
The new Chapter 22: Codes for Special Purposes (U00-U85) so far includes just two codes: U07.0 (vaping-related disorder) and U07.1 (COVID-19), which took effect in the early part of this year. The ...