Clinical Analytics Version 2020.1 Release Notes

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The 2020.1 release includes codes for COVID-19 clinical documentation and updates to the ICD diagnosis code exclusion table.

Highlights

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• COVID-19 codes: We added three COVID-19 CPT/HCPCS codes, updated the diagnosis lookup table to enable clinical reporting and analysis of COVID-19 information.
• COVID-19 Scorecard: A new Scorecard designed around official coding guidelines and profiles is now available.
• Updated exclusions table: We updated the ICD diagnosis exclusion table in Scorecards and Reporting.

General Features

COVID-19 CPT/HCPCS codes

Codes for COVID-19 clinical documentation allow clinical users to effectively analyze their COVID-19 population.

The new codes are:

• CPT (AMA)
  • 87635
    • Short description: IADNA COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ
    • Long description: Infection agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respirator syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique
• HCPCS (CMS)
  • U0001
    • Long Description: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2019 Novel Coronavirus Real Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Test Panel
    • Short Description: CDC COVID-19 RT-PCR diag test panel
  • U0002
    • Long Description: Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC
    • Short Description: COVID-19 diag test non CDC

New COVID-19 Scorecard

A new COVID-19 Scorecard is available in the Scorecard Library and designed to provide insights into important clinical and operational data to help you understand what’s happening and make decisions on the frontlines of the COVID-19 outbreak. We designed the scorecard around the official COVID-19 coding guidelines.

This Scorecard includes metrics such as mortality rate, length of stay, cost of care, ICU utilization, complication trends, and admit/discharge insights.

To download the COVID-19 Scorecard, click Scorecards > Scorecard Library and search for COVID-19 Scorecard Template.

Profiles specific to COVID-19 are also available. These profiles are based on CDC and 3M provided patient population definitions. Users can customize these profiles with additional filters.

Updated exclusions table

The updated exclusions table in Scorecards and Reporting allows users running benchmark data to assess organizational performance based on FY 2020 data.