CPT Codes that have been added to Nightingale Notes:

  • 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
  • U0001 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2019 Novel Coronavirus Real Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Test Pane
  • U0002 – Validated non-CDC laboratory tests for SARS-Co-V-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19)

Billing guidance for the CPT and HCPCS codes here:

American Medical Association

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

For your convenience, we have added the following pathways to your database:

  • [Infectious Disease] – COVID-19: Community Guideline
  • [Infectious Disease] – COVID-19: Health Care System Guideline
  • [Infectious Disease] – COVID-19: Public Health Guideline

ICD-10 code for COVID-19 will be added to Nightingale Notes shortly. We will update when this has been done.

ICD coding guidance:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention