DWC Issues Guidance on Reporting COVID-19 Claims

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday published guidance for insurance carriers to submit a first report of injury electronically for COVID-19 or a reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. The division said it published guidance in March 2020 advising carriers to use cause of injury code 83 when submitting first injury reports using electronic data interchange. “DWC reminds insurance carriers to use these specific codes when reporting a first report of injury involving a COVID-19 exposure or infection,” the memo published Tuesday reads. “Insurance carrier...