Coding Tips:
Banish Occipital Nerve Injection Headaches With These Strategies
Published on Tue Feb 21, 2012
Hint: Follow site of needle insertion to select the right code. When your physician treats a patient for occipital nerve pain, you'll need to know what your physician does to treat it and where exactly your physician inserts the needle for accurate claims. Read on for more tips on how to identify which nerve your physician treats and the services provided to arrive at the right codes. Strengthen Your Occipital Anatomy Basics You will come across three distinct sets of occipital nerves in the body, so you'll need to know that which one in specific your physician is treating. You report distinct codes for procedures on each nerve. Coding connection: To get to the right code, you should know the origin of the nerves, the structures these nerves supply and their distribution, and also what are the common complaints due to involvement of these nerves in any pathology. Identify nerve [...]
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