U07.2 Covid 19 Virus Not Identified icd-10 coding

The World Health Organization or the WHO made a code for ICD-10 (not ICD-10-CM) which is the U07.2, COVID-19, virus not identified, intended to give the ability to capture suspected uncertain patients.

The reason you are getting errors in billing this code is that because U07.2 Covid-19, virus not identified 
has not been imported into ICD-10-CM (not yet) and its coming up as invalid. It is actually a valid code.

So the guidance is to code the signs and/or symptoms and/or (for example) reporting ICD-10-CM Code Z20.828 - this code is a very code that we can report.  Z20.828, Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases. 

I always suggest that if you have cases where you only see one code such as the  U07.2 Covid-19, virus not identified , we need to go back the our providers and let them if they can give you a more appropriate codes based on signs and symptoms and as documented on their medical record.

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