Coding long COVID: characterizing a new disease through an ICD-10 lens

Coding long COVID: characterizing a new disease through an ICD-10 lens

Abstract Background Naming a newly discovered disease is a difficult process; in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the existence of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), which includes long COVID, it has proven especially challenging. Disease definitions and assignment of a diag...

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Main Authors: Emily R. Pfaff, Charisse Madlock-Brown, John M. Baratta, Abhishek Bhatia, Hannah Davis, Andrew Girvin, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth Kelly, Kristin Kostka, Johanna Loomba, Julie A. McMurry, Rachel Wong, Tellen D. Bennett, Richard Moffitt, Christopher G. Chute, Melissa Haendel, The N3C Consortium, The RECOVER Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Long COVID
Electronic health records
Health disparities
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02737-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02737-6

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