January 2021

New ICD-10-CM/PCS COVID-19 diagnosis and procedure codes now available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics, has released a January ICD-10-CM/PCS code update, which will be effective with dates of service on or after Jan. 1, 2021. The update was released in response to the national emergency that was declared due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

It includes six new ICD-10-CM (diagnosis) codes and 21 ICD-10-PCS (inpatient procedure) codes to capture COVID-19 diagnoses and inpatient procedures for COVID-19. We’ve created a document listing the new codes.

For more information, visit the ICD-10 section** of the CMS website:

From the home page, click on 2021 ICD-10-CMS or 2021 ICD-10 PCS.
In the Downloads section of the page, you can select Coding Guidelines, Code Descriptions or other key information you may need.

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*CPT codes, descriptions and two-digit numeric modifiers only are copyright 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.