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Mysterious Headache Dx
Published on Mon Aug 22, 2022
Question: During a level-four office evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient, the provider diagnoses “histamine cephalitis, intract” This diagnosis has me stumped. How should I report this encounter? Kentucky Subscriber Answer: This is a diagnosis code that requires some digging if you aren’t familiar with synonyms for cluster headaches. You’ll code histamine cephalitis with a code from the G44.0- [...]