Reply to "Elephant in the room"

MidAtlanticDad10,000+ posts

@ABSORBER posted:
And thanks for the link that proves my point:
"If COVID-19 is confirmed by a positive test, the underlying cause of death should be COVID-19."
https://medicalboard.iowa.gov/...ying-covid-19-deaths

It doesn't prove your point, because you've taken it out of the context of the reporting. That quote does not stand on its own. Again, it is only applicable to reporting COVID-19 deaths, which was defined above that quote. "Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death." So the context is, once you've determined that COVID caused or contributed to the death, and the patient tested positive, then code the underlying COD as COVID.

I got us to page 22; I think I've done my part.

7/17/209:44 PM

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