U08.9: Personal history of COVID-19, unspecified
You had the COVID‑19 disease in the past.
COVID-19 is the abbreviation for coronavirus disease of 2019. This disease is caused by certain coronaviruses. Corona viruses usually spread from person to person. If a person is infected they can transmit the viruses through the air they are breathing. For example, this happens during coughing or sneezing as well as during normal breathing and talking.
If you are sick with COVID-19, you may have various symptoms. Some sufferers have no signs of the disease at all, whereas others have mild or even severe symptoms. The most common symptoms are fever and coughing. You may even have a worse sense of smell or even taste than you did before due to the disease.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).
