COVID-19 Claim Submissions to UHC

UHC just sent out the following announcement:

UNITEDHEALTHCARE SYSTEM NOTIFICATION

DATE: 03/18/2020

RE: COVID-19 Claim Submissions

Effective today, UnitedHealthcare can accept EDI 837 claims with COVID-19 codes. It’s important our trading partners and health professionals are aware of appropriate coding for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) claims. Codes to use are as follows:

• HCPCS: U0001, U0002
• CPT: 87635

ACTION BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE:

A system update was put in place to add the COVID-19 codes, allowing us to accept claims electronically.