Classification and Coding for Coronavirus Disease 2019 by International Classification ofDiseases: Updates and Interpretation

In the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the leverage of specific codes of international classification of diseases(ICD) will substantially help standardize the process of data collection, classification and statistics of COVID-19-related conditions, thus facilitating the rapid research and development of diagnosis and treatment, dynamic monitoring of epidemic trend, as well as effectiveness evaluation of preventive and therapeutic measures taken in the fight against COVID-19. This review summarized and interpreted the latest ICD-10 and ICD-11 classification standards of COVID-19 related conditions and aimed to provide reference to improve and enrich the localized application of ICD coding standards for COVID-19 related conditions in China.