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Wiki HCC question on Facet Arthritis of lumbar

Thread starter grown113
Start date Jun 2, 2017

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Jun 2, 2017

Our Pain management physicians love to code M46.96 for Facet lumbar arthritis of spine. After doing research the physician has to document inflammatory arthritis in order for the code to be correct. The imaging stated the arthritis is degenerative or osteoarthritis which will code to M47.816. Do anyone know if there is an article or coding clinic to help resolve this problem? Do anyone have suggestions?

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