Uptake and Accuracy of the Diagnosis Code for COVID-19 Among US Hospitalizations
Sameer S. Kadri, Jake Gundrum, Sarah Warner, Zhun Cao, Ahmed Babiker, Michael Klompas, Ning Rosenthal
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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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Diagnosis codeCode (set theory)CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsBetacoronavirusMEDLINEIntensive care medicineEmergency medicineVirologyInternal medicineEnvironmental healthProgramming languageOutbreakComputer scienceDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Political scienceLawPopulationSet (abstract data type)Medical Coding and Health InformationPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare cost, quality, practices