ICD10 Guideline COVID: Difference between revisions

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** it's only the primary if it meets the criteria in [[Primary Admit Diagnosis]], e.g. if they also have a stroke or trauma COVID might not be related to primary at all
** it's only the primary if it meets the criteria in [[Primary Admit Diagnosis]], e.g. if they also have a stroke or trauma COVID might not be related to primary at all
** code the infection (e.g. [[Pneumonia, viral]]) as primary, not the pathogen
** code the infection (e.g. [[Pneumonia, viral]]) as primary, not the pathogen
** For those patients that have an active infection where the ONLY symptom is muscle weakness, ie. no respiratory symptoms code [[Viral infection, NOS]] with [[COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2)|COVID-19]] and [[Muscle, wasting/atrophy NOS]]


=== Coding of [[Pneumonia, bacterial]] in the context of COVID ===
=== Coding of [[Pneumonia, bacterial]] in the context of COVID ===