U09.9

Billable
ChapterU00–U85
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Official Description

Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 22: Codes for Special Purposes (U00-U85).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Post-acute sequela of COVID-19
Code First
  • the specific condition related to COVID-19 if known, such as:
  • chronic respiratory failure (J96.1-)
  • loss of smell (R43.8)
  • loss of taste (R43.8)
  • multisystem inflammatory syndrome (M35.81)
  • pulmonary embolism (I26.-)
  • pulmonary fibrosis (J84.10)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH22Codes for special purposes (U00-U85)
U00-U49Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use (U00-U49)
U09Post COVID-19 condition
U09.9Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified

Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to U09.9. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

10 raw paths
Condition1 unique routes
post COVID-19→U09.9
COVID-193 unique routes
condition post→U09.9
long (haul)→U09.9
sequelae (post acute)→U09.9
Long1 unique routes
COVID (-19)→U09.9
Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified1 unique routes
Direct index entry→U09.9
SARS-CoV-21 unique routes
sequelae (post acute)→U09.9
Sequelae (of)2 unique routes
COVID-19 (post acute)→U09.9
SARS-CoV-2 (post acute)→U09.9
Syndrome1 unique routes
post-COVID (-19)→U09.9

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 951
Other Factors Influencing Health Status

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