On March 25, 2020 [US 24th] the WHO released new ICD-10 codes for COVID-19:
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- U07.1 for lab confirmed virus
- U07.2 for suspected or probable virus.
The same day, March 24, 2020 for the US, the CDC sent out Alert 2: New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths, a follow-up from their Alert 1 on March 4, 2020. This ICD document coached US doctors on how the ICD-10 code would be used.
If a decedent’s death certificate was marked probably or suspected COVID-19, any uncertainty will automatically be deemed COVID-19 and they stated “it is not likely that NCHS will follow up on these cases”.
Thus the US would not use both international ICD-10 codes, their system would default to only U07.1!
WATCH @56:30, as Dr Jensen comments on this the US Death Certificates, plus the incentivising of hospitals to:
- Influenza pneumonia – $5,000
- COVID-19 pneumonia – $13,000
- Ventilated – $39,000
- [ed patients on remdesivir – 20% bonus on whole hospital bill]
How could this play out:
- Use PCR to test all patients admitted to hospital.
- Labs use PCR cycles amplification up to Ct of 45, thus providing a positive COVID-19 diagnosis
- Patients get treated using NIH protocol, with is remdesivir and ventilate
- Patient has a high chance of dying
- Doctor marks death certificate with confirmed or probable death by COVID-19, either way the system will default to COVID-19
- The hospital is awarded accordingly for COVID-19 treatment
US Department of health sent doctors a 7 page document on to coach doctors on how to fill in a death certificate!