U09.9
U09.9: Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
U09.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for post covid-19 condition, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Post-acute sequela of COVID-19
Notes
Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- This code enables establishment of a link with COVID-19.
- This code is not to be used in cases that are still presenting with active COVID-19. However, an exception is made in cases of re-infection with COVID-19, occurring with a condition related to prior COVID-19.
Other codes that can never be billed with U09.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z86.16Personal history of COVID-19
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
U09.9 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52466Nebulizers - Policy Article
- A56152Billing and Coding: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56730Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy and Oximetry Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified
- Condition›post COVID-19
- COVID-19›condition post
- COVID-19›long(haul)
- COVID-19›sequelae(post acute)
- Long›COVID(-19)
- SARS-CoV-2›sequelae(post acute)
- Sequelae›COVID-19(post acute)
- Sequelae›SARS-CoV-2(post acute)
- Syndrome›post-COVID(-19)
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.