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Count Trigger Point Targets,Not Shots, and Ensure Coding Success

Published on Mon May 25, 2009

This FAQ will help you become the top TPI gun in your coding department. Coders who are just itching to hit the mark on their trigger point injection (TPI) claims can answer the -who, what, and why- of TPIs with this guide. 1. Who Needs TPIs? Most patients that require TPIs are suffering from head or muscle pain. -Trigger points might be described as knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax. Headaches are another reason that physicians perform TPI,- explains Joanne Mehmert, CPC, CCS-P, owner of Joanne Mehmert & Associates in Kansas City. When your ED physician performs TPIs, -the most common diagnosis reported is 729.1 (Myalgia and myositis, unspecified),- according to Judith Blaszczyk RN, CPC, ACS-PM, president of Veritas Consulting in Greencastle, Pa. Keywords: Physicians might also use these synonyms for myalgia/myositis: -myfascitis, myofascial pain, fibromyalgia.- Code any of these diagnoses with 729.1,Mehmert recommends. Other diagnoses [...]
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