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ICD-10-CM 2021 Update:

Don't Miss the New COVID-19 Code for ICD-10-CM

Published on Wed Aug 12, 2020

Newly introduced diagnosis becomes official Oct. 1; headache NOS expands. When the 2021 ICD-10-CM code set goes into effect Oct. 1, 2020, the diagnosis created in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will become official: U07.1 (COVID-19). Background: The code was introduced in April. Experts were amazed at the quickness with which U07.1 was added to the ICD-10 [...]
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