New ICD Code Introduced for COVID-19 Deaths

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New ICD Code Introduced for COVID-19 Deaths

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March 24, 2020
By National Center for Health Statistics.
Series: COVID-19 Alert

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National Center for Health Statistics.
Description:

This email is to alert you that a newly-introduced ICD code has been implemented to accurately capture mortality data for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on death certificates.

Please read carefully and forward this email to the state statistical staff in your office who are involved in the preparation of mortality data, as well as others who may receive questions when the data are released.

Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf
Subjects:

Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 International Classification Of Diseases Terminology As Topic
Series:

COVID-19 Alert
Document Type:

Report
Name as Subject:

National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) ; National Vital Statistics System (U.S.)
Genre:

Pamphlet (or booklet)
Place as Subject:

United States
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

National Center for Health Statistics
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/86583/cdc_86583_DS1.pdf
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English

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