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Look to U09.9 for Long COVID
Question: Is there any official guidance on how to report long COVID? Oklahoma Subscriber Answer: “For a post COVID-19 condition, unspecified, like Long COVID, use code DX U09.9 [Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified],” Medicare states in the July 7, 2022, MLN Connects® newsletter (www.cms.gov/outreach-and-educationou treachffsprovpartprogprovider-partnership-email-archive/2022- 07-07-mlnc#_Toc107993810). The newsletter also directs you to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for additional information on reporting COVID-19. The guidelines don’t use the term long COVID, but Medicare specifically points to pages 30-31 of the 2022 guidelines. Those pages include Section I.C.1.g.1.m, “Post COVID-19 Condition.” That section states, “For sequela of COVID-19, or associated symptoms or conditions that develop following a previous COVID-19 infection, assign a code(s) for the specific symptom(s) or condition(s) related to the previous COVID-19 infection, if known, and code U09.9, Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified.”
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