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Expanded Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
  • Description:
    In April 2020, the National Center for Health Statistics released Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. As our knowledge of COVID-19 and its effects has progressed over time, it is now known that patients can recover from the acute phase of the infection but still suffer from long-term effects. Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), commonly referred to as “long COVID,” can cause a wide range of serious complications, including death (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr025.pdf). Consequently, the original guidance document has been expanded to include guidance on how to properly certify deaths due to PASC. ; Certifiers should only report conditions that they determine caused or contributed to death. If the certifier determines PASC was a cause of death, then they should report it on the death certificate using standard terminology, i.e., “Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.” In accordance with all death certification guidance, if the certifier determines PASC did not cause or contribute to death, then they should not report it on the death certificate. ; alert-10-covid-19-expanded-guidance.pdf
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  • Series:
    COVID-19 Alert
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Newsletter
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • CIO:
    National Center for Health Statistics
  • Topic:
    Health Statistics
  • Issue:
    10
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    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/125445/cdc_125445_DS1.pdf
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    National Center for Health Statistics
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    urn:sha-512:67dac78730c894d06a41a441581ffcc28d0d8c56ca011ee7b38335342e8d16e754cf4920fcc8d14df45fa83a48da34c36ae4633a25ae6de696d52a691901cbe1
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