Becker's Healthcare September 29, 2021
The fiscal year 2022 ICD-10-CM diagnosis code updates will become effective Oct. 1.
Here are eight key things to know:
1. The number of new codes. Compared to fiscal 2021, when 485 codes were added, just 165 codes were added in fiscal 2022.
2. Codes to further describe homelessness. The fiscal 2022 codeset has been expanded to specify homelessness as unspecified, sheltered or unsheltered.
3. Codes for COVID-19. This year, several codes were added to help providers indicate COVID-19-related conditions, treatment and testing. In particular, the codeset includes: U09.9, post COVID-19 condition, unspecified; J12.82; pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019; M35.81, multisystem inflammatory syndrome; M35.89, other specified system involvement of connective tissue; Z11.52, encounter for screening for COVID-19; Z20.822, contact...
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