Industry Note:
Grouper Update Includes COVID-19 Diagnosis Code
Published on Fri Apr 03, 2020
Vaping code is in there too. The home health Patient-Driven Groupings Model grouper will contain the new diagnosis code for COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics has implemented two new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, effective April 1, CMS explains on its PDGM billing webpage: U07.1 for [...]