ICD-10 codes are used by health professionals to make data comparable across different countries. Experts told AFP the codes are not part of a secret government surveillance system to track people unvaccinated against Covid-19
The three codes referenced in the social media posts --"Unvaccinated for Covid-19" ,"Partially vaccinated for Covid-19" and"Other underimmunization status" -- were proposed andThe US has used the codes since April 1, 2022, when multiple government agenciestheir implementation. They do not apply to patients whom health care providers have determined are ineligible for Covid-19 vaccines.
"Those were created specifically for the US version of ICD-10 because of the interest in being able to collect that risk factor," said Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance for the."Other countries may have adopted something similar, but it's not in the international version." She said the codes are similar to those for other social determinants of health that physicians and public health professionals examine, including alcohol and tobacco use.
"This is just like every other kind of risk factors that are collected to get a fuller picture of the patient's health status and what their risks might be, just like smoking," Bowman said February 17."That's really the reason for creating this code, because the lack of being vaccinated is a risk factor for being hospitalized, dying, having more complications from Covid.
AAFP's Moore said he is"not aware of any consequences to the patient associated with reporting Z28.310 or Z28.311" -- nor would the code be associated with public documents such as a passport.All of AFP's reporting on vaccine misinformation is available
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