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Indiana Medicaid (IHCP)Medicaid · Billing Codes · Provider Bulletin · IN · Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal MedicineHigh impact

BT202062: IHCP COVID-19 Response: IHCP issues summary of recently released COVID-19-related codes

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immediately
Effective date
Feb 4, 2020
Identified
Jun 19, 2026

Summary

IHCP (Indiana Health Coverage Programs) has released a comprehensive summary of all COVID-19 related diagnosis and procedure codes that are now available for billing, including testing, antibody detection, and specimen collection codes. This bulletin consolidates all recently released COVID-19 codes with their effective dates ranging from February 2020 to April 2020.

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What to do

immediately · 2 steps
01Billing team must update billing system to include all 11 COVID-19 related codes (U07.1, 86328, 86769, 87635, C9803, G2023, G2024, U0001, U0002, U0003, U0004) with their respective effective dates.
02Update encounter forms and ensure staff are trained on proper usage of diagnosis code U07.1 for COVID-19 and appropriate procedure codes for testing and specimen collection based on setting and methodology.

Codes mentioned

U07.1863288676987635C9803G2023G2024U0001U0002U0003U0004

Original notice

BT202062: IHCP COVID-19 Response: IHCP issues summary of recently released COVID-19-related codes
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Indiana Medicaid (IHCP) policiesIN policy changesEmergency MedicineFamily MedicineInternal MedicineCode U07.1Code 86328Code 86769Code 87635Code C9803Code G2023Code G2024Code U0001Code U0002Code U0003Code U0004

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