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APRIL 10, 2020

B97.29 What in the World? A COVID-19 Coding Guide for Surgeons

By Lucian Newman III, MD

We are living through an unprecedented time in society today. It has been discussed for years with many predicting cataclysmic results. SARS-CoV-2 has seemingly stopped the world from spinning. There are many resources available describing individual responses to the crisis; however, I will discuss this from a general surgery perspective.

The coding aspects are as follows: The vast majority of morbidity related to COVID-19 is respiratory:
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