ICD-9 Codes Lookup

INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION, CLINICAL MODIFICATION ICD-9-CM VOLUMES 1 & 2 (DIAGNOSES) is the code set used by Non-HIPAA covered entities (Workers’ Compensation and auto insurance companies) “that were not required to be converted to ICD-10. Auditors who are reviewing claims prior to 2015 and HCC Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment coders still need access to this extensive code set. Codify makes this easy to accomplish.

ICD-9-CM Volumes 1 and 2 represent the diagnosis/reason a procedure is done. The format for ICD-9 diagnoses codes is a decimal placed after the first three characters and two possible add-on characters following: xxx.xx. ICD-9 PCS were used to report procedures for inpatient hospital services from Volume 3, which represent procedures that were done at inpatient hospital facilities. Codify gives you ready access to these legacy codes making your audit work faster and more accurate.

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ICD-9-CM SECTIONS

January 01, 1970
Novitas and FCSO will require documentation for certain pathology and laboratory claims. Medicare Administrative Contractors MAC Novitas Solutions and First Coast Service Options FCSO recently announc... [ Read More ]
January 01, 1970
Potential erroneous Medicare payments million to treat patients with opioid use disorder OUD are estimated at 17.8 million. The opioid crisis in the United States has led to record numbers of people d... [ Read More ]
January 01, 1970
Get an overview of key updates to the postacute care quality reporting programs for 2025. The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services is offering a crosssetting webbased training course that provide... [ Read More ]
January 01, 1970
Hospitals should use this tool to protect their profit margins. Diagnosisrelated group DRG validation ensures the accuracy of DRG assignment and payment for inpatient hospital stays. Since inpatient c... [ Read More ]
January 01, 1970
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Hi everyone, If I have a patient who is having an abdominal duplex (93978) and they do not meet criteria for the test (no diagnosis that are listed on the MEDICARE LCD list), but have a range of othe... [ Read More ]
We bill 64561 for the percutaneous implantion of an electrode array. The patient always comes back to have it removed, as it is temporary, during the 10 day global period. According to AUGS, this is ... [ Read More ]
Is this billable by a nurse with a nurse visit when the trial leads are just pulled and removed? That's what my office is doing and I don't think that's correct. Thanks!... [ Read More ]
Good Morning, My neurosurgeon has been using the ROSA robot for placment and removal of depth electrodes for dx of epilepsy. I am being questioned about the coding and wanting to run this past anyone... [ Read More ]
kfrycpc, it would depend on the setting, if you do need to use L codes, I noticed I didn't see one for the IPG/Battery [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/professio... [ Read More ]
"Programming codes 95971 and 95972 also may not be assigned to represent test stimulation during the implantation procedure, and NCCI edits do not permit programming codes 95971 and 95972 to be coded ... [ Read More ]
I know you already received a response and had ruled out using CPT 63662 but I would go back to the individual that had provided CPT 63662 and point out: It seems it would be incorrect to report 636... [ Read More ]
Good Morning- I am hoping someone here can provide guidance on correct billing for SUD services using H0047 and H2035 for Texas Medicaid. We are expanding our service array and looking for guidance to... [ Read More ]
What code should be used for implantation of a paddle lead for a spinal cord stimulator trial? The doctor's notes state that the plan would be to do a "small hemilaminotomy" in the upper thoracic spi... [ Read More ]
If a patient is having an interstim removal, do we use 64595 (revision/removal of peripheral neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver) plus 64585 (revision or removal of peripheral neurostimulator ... [ Read More ]