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I agree with the above two responses you received. The ICD-10 CM guidelines specifically state if you have a definitive condition that includes the symptom, the symptom is not listed separately. You c... [ Read More ]
So my Acupuncturist and I have been going back and forth on billing E/M codes for a year now. She recently "beefed" up her documentation and now I really feel stuck. As far as I am concerned the exa... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 code M51.16 states "with radiculopathy." If the patient has intervertebral disc displacement with just lumbago and not radiculopathy there is the code selection M51.26 Other intervertebral dis... [ Read More ]
Pam, are you billing a sublux code followed by a condition code? Example: for cervicalgia, code 739.1 and 723.1. Medicare requires the sublux code first. Does this help?... [ Read More ]
Hi! Looking for an accepted ICD-9 code for cervical radiculopathy. Novitas does not recognize 723.4. Hoping someone has a solution! Thanks!!... [ Read More ]
AngelaMehl, I wish I was in Oklahoma looking at that list! Our Ohio acceptable per the MCR LCD that I printed 3-13-15 is much smaller than your list.
720.1 Spinal Enthesopathy
723.9 Unsp musculosk d... [ Read More ]
I am in Oklahoma and 724.2 is a covered diagnosis for a trigger point in the lumbar spine. There are only a handful of covered diagnoses but another one I use is 729.1 myalgia and myositis, unspecifi... [ Read More ]
I am looking for additional references on coding acute on chronic pain. I have read everything I can possibly find, Advance articles, many threads here, but I am just not grasping it. Just when I th... [ Read More ]
If I have a patient that has torticollis and decreased neck flexion & rotation. Would I code both of these as separate diagnoses or is the decreased neck flexion & rotation covered under the 723.5 ICD... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="sandraf, post: 334473, member: 243530"]I need help with the diagnoses for this pt.
1. Pseudoarthrosis at C6-7
2. Status post C6-7 anterior cervical diskectom and fusion.
3. Stenosis.
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But be aware that some of the changes for coding and billing outpatient claims are retroactive to April or January. Many of the changes to Medicares Outpatient Prospective Payment System OPPS in the J... [ Read More ]
Members make the most of a bad year and prepare to rally. AAPCs 2020 Salary Survey is a reminder of the kind of year it was. After the COVID19 pandemic forced the United States to declare a public hea... [ Read More ]
2020 code changes for electroencephalograph EEG recording.The post Update Your Understanding of EEG Coding appeared first on AAPC Knowledge Center.... [ Read More ]