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. 2020 Dec 22;324(24):2553-2554.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20323.

Uptake and Accuracy of the Diagnosis Code for COVID-19 Among US Hospitalizations

Sameer S Kadri  1 , Jake Gundrum  2 , Sarah Warner  1 , Zhun Cao  2 , Ahmed Babiker  3 , Michael Klompas  4 , Ning Rosenthal  2
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Uptake and Accuracy of the Diagnosis Code for COVID-19 Among US Hospitalizations

Sameer S Kadri et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses administrative claims data to describe trends in use of ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for novel coronavirus patients in January-May 2020, before and afer the April 1 release of the U07.1 code to facilitate billing for and case monitoring of COVID-19.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Mr Gundrum, Dr Cao, and Dr Rosenthal are employees and shareholders of Premier Healthcare Solutions Inc. Dr Klompas reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and receiving grants and personal fees from UpToDate. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Transition From Legacy Coding at US Hospitals and Uptake of the COVID-19–Specific Diagnosis Code
Legacy coding is for a clinical syndrome plus “other coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere” (International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-10-CM] code B97.29) and is shown in blue. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–specific coding (ICD-10-CM code U07.1) is shown in orange.
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