Duplicate post. The ICD-10 Official Guideline for FY 2022 Update effective April 1, 2022 uses the terminology MAY. As a seasoned health professional whose occupation is CDI (clinical Documentation Integrity) and certified ICD 10 Coder, I have yet to see these codes used in any encounter notes or history and physicals. Like most things, it is only effective if it is DEMANDED or you don't get paid. In this case, MAY means, don't worry about it and so it is not addressed. In fact, I rarely see documentation of vaccination status at all. This seems to be misleading. Why write an article about a change that has been effective for almost a year? What is the intent?
See pg 31/115 in Official ICD-10 Coding Guidance for FY 2022.
(n) Under immunization for COVID-19 Status
Code Z18.310, Unvaccinated for COVID-19, may be
assigned when the patient has not received at least one dose
of any COVID-19 vaccine. Code Z28.311, Partially
vaccinated for COVID-19, may be assigned when the patient
has received at least one dose of a multi-dose COVID-19
vaccine regimen, but has not received the full set of doses
necessary to meet the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) definition of “fully vaccinated” in place at
the time of the encounter.
I'm a coder too, strictly op and facility, no profee. I've not been instructed to use this code either. There are many codes I am not aware of due to the amount of codes, thousands and thousands.
So, yes I agree. And you code what your line item claim is for not extra because time is money. lol. I seriously have never seen these codes on anything. I know they are there but they are certainly not being used as a surveillance program. I do not like "Fake News" on either side and if it is FAKE it is all from the same place. And if the undertone of an article/video/etc. is FEAR is is False Evidence Appearing Real and should not be given a moments notice. WE WIN so stop with the Drama, yeah.
You mean to suggest that health professionals won't fill out mundane, inane, useless paperwork for no reason. That they are so busy that doing extra work that is neither requested no required is something they'll avoid?
Good lord... It sounds like every other based real life job. Lol 😁
Annoying employee: "The government suggests you 'may' want to do this <insert needless busywork> when we do x, y, and z."
Employer: "is it required?"
Annoying employee: "well... No..."
Employer: "are we getting paid to do it?"
Annoying employee: "umm... Well no"
Employer: "will our customers/clients/patients like it, want it, and/or will it help them?"
Annoying employee: "no, no, and no... But the government sai-"
Employer: "then the government can fuck off. Ain't nobody got time for that!"
Basically yes. lol That was quite descriptive.
I also think they do not want the vaccination status recorded as it will show most of the hospitalized are vaccinated.
Duplicate post. The ICD-10 Official Guideline for FY 2022 Update effective April 1, 2022 uses the terminology MAY. As a seasoned health professional whose occupation is CDI (clinical Documentation Integrity) and certified ICD 10 Coder, I have yet to see these codes used in any encounter notes or history and physicals. Like most things, it is only effective if it is DEMANDED or you don't get paid. In this case, MAY means, don't worry about it and so it is not addressed. In fact, I rarely see documentation of vaccination status at all. This seems to be misleading. Why write an article about a change that has been effective for almost a year? What is the intent?
See pg 31/115 in Official ICD-10 Coding Guidance for FY 2022.
(n) Under immunization for COVID-19 Status Code Z18.310, Unvaccinated for COVID-19, may be assigned when the patient has not received at least one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. Code Z28.311, Partially vaccinated for COVID-19, may be assigned when the patient has received at least one dose of a multi-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen, but has not received the full set of doses necessary to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definition of “fully vaccinated” in place at the time of the encounter.
I'm a coder too, strictly op and facility, no profee. I've not been instructed to use this code either. There are many codes I am not aware of due to the amount of codes, thousands and thousands.
So, yes I agree. And you code what your line item claim is for not extra because time is money. lol. I seriously have never seen these codes on anything. I know they are there but they are certainly not being used as a surveillance program. I do not like "Fake News" on either side and if it is FAKE it is all from the same place. And if the undertone of an article/video/etc. is FEAR is is False Evidence Appearing Real and should not be given a moments notice. WE WIN so stop with the Drama, yeah.
Just getting systems put in place, is my guess.
because National File is an Infowars op
You mean to suggest that health professionals won't fill out mundane, inane, useless paperwork for no reason. That they are so busy that doing extra work that is neither requested no required is something they'll avoid?
Good lord... It sounds like every other based real life job. Lol 😁
Annoying employee: "The government suggests you 'may' want to do this <insert needless busywork> when we do x, y, and z."
Employer: "is it required?"
Annoying employee: "well... No..."
Employer: "are we getting paid to do it?"
Annoying employee: "umm... Well no"
Employer: "will our customers/clients/patients like it, want it, and/or will it help them?"
Annoying employee: "no, no, and no... But the government sai-"
Employer: "then the government can fuck off. Ain't nobody got time for that!"
Basically yes. lol That was quite descriptive.
I also think they do not want the vaccination status recorded as it will show most of the hospitalized are vaccinated.
I take my rare creative outlet wherever i can find it lol