INTRO To ICD-10 Codes: There is No ICD-10 Code for "Adverse Event after a COVID Vaccine"

ICD-10 Codes (International Classification of Diseases) controlled by the WHO. There are ICD-10 Codes for lots of diseases and post-vax injuries, but none for injury after a COVID shot injury.

To be clear on this point, there is no WHO-classified ICD-10 Code for injury after a COVID shot, or “post-vaccine injury”.

This is the introduction to four articles on post-vax injury and Long COVID.

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The Series: Post-vax Injury and Long COVIDThe SERIES: Post-Vax Injury and Long COVID

INTRO: INTRO to ICD-10 Codes.

Part I. How post-vaccine injury is not recognized by the WHO, governments, billing and insurance companies.

Part II. Long COVID is recognized by all entities. Definitions.

Part III. Shows treatment options for both.

Part IV. Resources for post-vax injury and Long COVID.

Part V. Position Paper on post-vax injury and Long COVID. It combines everything into one document.

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The WHO controls the “International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems” or ICD. They can update this list by adding or subtracting codes named for each disease or injury.

Here is how your doctor uses the codes for an office or hospital ICU visit.