Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
Check 368.xx Family for Visual Disturbance Diagnosis
Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
- Neurology:
Follow These 5 Scenarios to Better EEG Reporting
Hint: Documentation of extended or long-term recording makes a difference. EEGs are a simple assessment [...] - ICD-10:
Pick Apart the Long Descriptor to Successfully Report Whiplash
Remember to include the seventh character for even more specificity. Whiplash can be a fairly [...] - Injury Check:
Whiplash Doesn't Just Happen In Car Accidents
Also remember that neck ‘sprains’ and ‘strains’ aren’t synonymous. Whiplash is a neck injury due [...] - Compliance:
Use These Components to Build Your Strongest Compliance Plan
Plus: Experts say you need plans for both Medicare and Medicaid. Compliance plans have become [...] - You Be the Coder:
Billing EEG With Hospital Visit
Question: Medicare denied our bill for an EEG when our physician read one in addition to [...] - Reader Question:
Submit +64495 for Third and Additional Paravertebral Joint Levels
Question: Our physician administers injections into paravertebral facet joints. The injections are given into the [...] - Reader Question:
Check 368.xx Family for Visual Disturbance Diagnosis
Question: Can you advise me on how I would code a diagnosis for diffuse sensitivity [...] - Reader Question:
Going Beyond the MUEs for 0282T
Question: Code 0282T has an MUE of 1 and code 64555 has an MUE of [...] - Reader Question:
Check for Bilateral Documentation of Selective Nerve Root Injections
Question: Our physician’s op note states that he administered four selective nerve root injections at L4-L5 [...]
