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by Fjolsvith 2271 days ago
> Before anyone goes collecting sewage samples, consider deriving your scaling factors from discrepencies in ICD-10 diagnostic encoding practices.

Did I understand correctly that there was two diagnostic codes for cause of death related to the coronavirus? One for "potentially related" to COVID-19, and one for "definitively caused by" COVID-19?

If so, how would this skew actual numbers reported by the WHO or CDC for cause of death?