The COVID-19 is causing a massive epidemic outbreak of respiratory illness and was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, which is in the Hubei Province, China. Since the emergence of the virus, countless COVID-19 cases have been identified and confirmed in various parts of the world. Considering the situation, the center for disease control and prevention (CDC) has released an official diagnosis coding guidance for health care encounters and deaths related to COVID-19.
Introduction: Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) disease and proclaimed it to be a public health emergency of international concern. This resulted in the commencement of an emergency meeting between the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network Classification and the Statistics Advisory Committee (CSAC) to discuss the creation of a…
