Wiki ICD-9 V58.49 Medicare denied

[tachey]

Hi Everyone,

I help out the radiology department where I work part-time. They are using V58.49 whenever the patient is having an x-ray following a EG tube insertion, cath's and so forth. However, medicare denies V58.49. Any suggestion on what diagnosis code should be use?

Thanks

 

[~*Audra*~]

we use V58.81 and/or V58.82 and have never had a problem with them getting denied