ICD-10-CM Code for COVID-19, Effective April 1, 2020 In January 2020, WHO established a new ICD-10 code, U07.1 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease. The organization acknowledged that the disease name was likely to change, which it later did to COVID-19. ICD-10-CM is the United States’ ...

HCPCS Level II Codes for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Testing Two HCPCS Level II codes for COVID-19 testing have an implementation date of April 1, 2020, which is when Medicare claims processing systems will be able to accept the codes. Dates of service can go back to Feb. 4, 2020. Private payers may ...