Dr. Kieran Moore says the code will allow researchers to follow patients with long COVID over time
Ontario has released a billing code for doctors to use when diagnosing long COVID – a move doctors and advocates say is a crucial first step to better understanding, treating and destigmatizing a growing problem.
The province’s top doctor said the code will allow researchers to follow patients with long COVID over time. Moore pointed to the work of a few clinician researchers leading the way on long COVID, including Dr. Kieran Quinn. The virus that causes COVID-19 affects virtually every part of the body. More than 100 symptoms have been described.
Ontario’s disbanded science table told the province in a brief published in September that the lack of a diagnostic code for long COVID was a problem. It also warned the government in October that the heavy lifting on COVID-19 going forward will fall to primary care physicians. There are 11 of them across the province, although all in cities and only one up north, in Thunder Bay, Ont.For Suzie Goulding, life has not been easy recently. She got quite sick early in the pandemic, testing was near impossible to qualify for and her family doctor didn’t believe it was COVID-19.
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