maephillips
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Hello Everyone,
I am being told by a healthplan that "neuropathy" should be coded to 355.9- Mononeuropathy.
I have always coded "neuropathy" as 356.9.
If you look up neuropathy in any dictionary, it states something to the note of " damage to the peripheral nervous system. I have always believed that "neuropathy" was synonymous to peripheral neuropathy, and that was my justification as such. Mononeuropathy just seems to specific to be the ICD-9 for such a broad term as "neuropathy".
I can not find anything that says otherwise anywhere. Any thoughts?
Thank you,
~M
I am being told by a healthplan that "neuropathy" should be coded to 355.9- Mononeuropathy.
I have always coded "neuropathy" as 356.9.
If you look up neuropathy in any dictionary, it states something to the note of " damage to the peripheral nervous system. I have always believed that "neuropathy" was synonymous to peripheral neuropathy, and that was my justification as such. Mononeuropathy just seems to specific to be the ICD-9 for such a broad term as "neuropathy".
I can not find anything that says otherwise anywhere. Any thoughts?
Thank you,
~M