A couple medical coding issues around Covid I am chasing
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They seem technical but are crucial to determine how well the vaccines are working and what their side effects are or aren’t:
The first has to do with how easy/hard it is to classify a Covid patient as Covid vaccinated in hospital EMR systems;
The second has to do with ICD U12.9/T50.Z95A (if you are a coder, you will know what these are) - whether systems are accepting them at all, whether anyone is using them, whether they impact reimbursement.
If you work at a hospital, physician group, or insurer and have knowledge of either issue, please email me at alexberensonauthor at protonmail.com (more secure than Google)…
A couple medical coding issues around Covid I am chasing
They seem technical but are crucial to determine how well the vaccines are working and what their side effects are or aren’t:
The first has to do with how easy/hard it is to classify a Covid patient as Covid vaccinated in hospital EMR systems;
The second has to do with ICD U12.9/T50.Z95A (if you are a coder, you will know what these are) - whether systems are accepting them at all, whether anyone is using them, whether they impact reimbursement.
If you work at a hospital, physician group, or insurer and have knowledge of either issue, please email me at alexberensonauthor at protonmail.com (more secure than Google)…