Next up is ICD10 and HCPCS coding. April 2020. Note that ASAHQ is the org. that monitors "quality" for US Healthcare. https://www.asahq.org/quality-and-practice-management/managing-your-practice/timely-topics-in-payment-and-practice-management/2020-04-15-covid-coding
COVID Coding: Modifiers CR and CS and New ICD-10CM, HCPCS and CPT Codes

https://www.asahq.org/quality-and-practice-management/managing-your-practice/timely-topics-in-payment-and-practice-management/2020-04-15-covid-coding
If a patient tests positive or presumed positive they receive a primary diagnosis of covid REGARDLESS of any other complaint.
HCPCS coding for billing of COVID-19.
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-develops-additional-code-coronavirus-lab-tests
HCPCS coding for billing of COVID-19. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-develops-additional-code-coronavirus-lab-tests
HCPCS coding for billing of COVID-19. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-develops-additional-code-coronavirus-lab-tests
Another article worth adding to the coding section for COVID. Lots of great links for the data analyst inclined. https://journal.ahima.org/ahima-and-aha-faq-on-icd-10-cm-coding-for-covid-19/
[Updated December 14] AHIMA and AHA FAQ: ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding for COVI

UPDATED: December 14, 2020 The following FAQ on ICD-10-CM coding for COVID-19 was jointly developed and approved by the American Hospital Association's Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS and AHIMA.

https://journal.ahima.org/ahima-and-aha-faq-on-icd-10-cm-coding-for-covid-19/
Dropping Federal Regulations link here. Scroll down and read:
(may need coffee and a comfy chair - ACA policy "rabbit hole is deep") https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/EPRO/Current-Emergencies/Current-Emergencies-page
ICD-10 code with descriptions adopted for 2021. Quite the list i must say.
https://icdlist.com/icd-10/U07.1 
Tucking thread in covid pinned post. https://twitter.com/Cartersmom04/status/1329370245975465986?s=19
More long winded discussion on Covid payments/requirements from AMA. If you don't understand policy you may want to grab a pot of coffee and settle in. https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/medicare/cms-payment-policies-regulatory-flexibilities-during-covid-19
CMS payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19 emergency

View the key actions the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services have taken in response to AMA to improve Medicare coverage of services and reduce regulatory burdens on physicians during the...

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/medicare/cms-payment-policies-regulatory-flexibilities-during-covid-19
HealthIT . gov nice tabular resource for hours of reading "enjoyment".
https://www.healthit.gov/coronavirus 
I need to correct the organization on this one. It is not ASAHQ. The org for quality is AHRQ.
https://www.ahrq.gov/ 
More directions advising how to code for deaths during COVID-19. https://twitter.com/ZeeInTheMoment/status/1284279142352068608?s=19
ICD10 Coding Guidelines.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10cm.htm
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