Nonallopathic lesions of rib cage not elsewhere classified (739.8)
ICD-9 code 739.8 for Nonallopathic lesions of rib cage not elsewhere classified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -OSTEOPATHIES, CHONDROPATHIES, AND ACQUIRED MUSCULOSKELETAL DEFORMITIES (730-739).
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Can anyone expain this code for me:
V58.78 - Aftercare following surgery of the musculskeletal system NEC
Underneath this code it states: Conditionsclassifiable to 710-739
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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 ]
[QUOTE="nkorab, post: 355173, member: 107272"]Our doctor says he performed a laser photocoagulation of a lesion on the left leg about 1 cm in size.
says the DX is 739.6
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Our doctor says he performed a laser photocoagulation of a lesion on the left leg about 1 cm in size.
says the DX is 739.6
We billed this DX with CPT 17000. Medicare denied as not deemed "medically... [ Read More ]
Amerigroup keeps denying the 98925 & the 98926 when billed out, so does anyone have any advice and/or reference material for this?
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99214-25 with dx codes 346.70, 739.2, 739.8, 739.1
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