This is the first in a series of articles focusing on body systems, the systems' common medical terminology, and some differences in the systems' ICD-10-CM/PCS code assignments. So here we are in 2011, a little bit closer to October 2013, and by now every coding professional should know what will be transpiring.
The incubation period for a common cold depends on the kind of virus it's caused by. The incubation period is at least two days and up to a week or two weeks depending on the cause.he common cold incubation period varies greatly from one person to the next. Symptoms can appear in just a few hours or as long as 10 days after exposure. The average incubation period is one to three days.
Symptoms can appear in just a few hours or as long as 10 days after exposure. The average incubation period is one to three days. Medications do not affect the incubation of a cold, nor do they eradicate it unless it is accompanied by a bacterial infection.