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. 2020 Jun 6;159(4):1575–1578.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.003

Diagnosis Codes Used to Identify Patient Cohorts

Coding System Code Description
ICD-10 B34.2 Coronavirus infection unspecified
ICD-10 B97.29 Other coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
ICD-10 J12.81 Pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus
ICD-10 U07.1 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease (WHO)
ICD-10 K50 Crohn’s disease [regional enteritis]
ICD-10 K51 Ulcerative colitis
COVID-19–related diagnostic tests
CPT 87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique
HCPCS U0001 2019 novel coronavirus real-time RT-PCR diagnostic test panel–CDC
HCPCS U0002 2019 novel coronavirus real-time RT-PCR diagnostic test panel–non-CDC
LOINC 94307-6 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by nucleic acid amplification using CDC primer-probe set N1
LOINC 94307-6 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by nucleic acid amplification using CDC primer-probe set N2
LOINC 94309-2 SARS coronavirus 2 RNA [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94310-0 SARS-like coronavirus N gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94314-2 SARS coronavirus 2 RdRp gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94315-9 SARS coronavirus 2 E gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94316-7 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94500-6 SARS coronavirus 2 RNA [Presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94501-4 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94502-2 SARS-related coronavirus RNA [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94532-9 SARS-related coronavirus + MERS coronavirus RNA [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94533-7 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94534-5 SARS coronavirus 2 RdRp gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94559-2 SARS coronavirus 2 ORF1ab region [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94565-9 SARS coronavirus 2 RNA [presence] in nasopharynx by NAA with nonprobe detection
LOINC 94639-2 SARS coronavirus 2 ORF1ab region [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94640-0 SARS coronavirus 2 S gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94641-8 SARS coronavirus 2 S gene [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94647-5 SARS-related coronavirus RNA [presence] in unspecified specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94660-8 SARS coronavirus 2 RNA [presence] in serum or plasma by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94756-4 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by nucleic acid amplification using CDC primer-probe set N1
LOINC 94757-2 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by nucleic acid amplification using CDC primer-probe set N2
LOINC 94758-0 SARS coronavirus 2 E gene [presence] in respiratory specimen by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94759-8 SARS coronavirus 2 RNA [presence] in nasopharynx by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94765-5 SARS coronavirus 2 E gene [presence] in serum or plasma by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94766-3 SARS coronavirus 2 N gene [presence] in serum or plasma by NAA with probe detection
LOINC 94767-1 SARS coronavirus 2 S gene [presence] in serum or plasma by NAA with probe detection

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NAA, nucleic acid amplification; nCoV, novel coronavirus; ORF, open reading frame; RT-PCR, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction; WHO, World Health Organization.