Anesthesia Coding Alert
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Documentation Guides for Occipital Headache
Published on Tue Mar 11, 2008
Question: Texas Subscriber Answer: As always, only code to your physician's documentation. If he meant "occipital neuralgia," which is symptomatic with pain at the back of the head, you could use 723.8 (Other syndromes affecting cervical region; occipital neuralgia). If your physician simply documented "occipital headache," report 784.0 (Headache).
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