Medical certification, ICD mortality coding, and reporting mortality associated with COVID-19
7 June 2020
| COVID-19: Surveillance, case investigation and epidemiological protocols
Overview
This
technical note describes medical certification of cause of death and
classification (International Classification of Diseases [ICD] mortality
coding) of deaths related to COVID-19. The primary goal is to identify all
deaths due to COVID-19 in all countries, including those not yet following WHO
international norms and standards for medical certificates of cause of death
and ICD mortality coding.