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Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

Procedure Coding:

Check Condition, Then Code Chemodenervation

Published on Thu Dec 29, 2016

CPT®, insurer policy light way on acceptable Dx codes. Patients suffering from conditions that require chemodenervation in the somatic nerves give you several coding choices, based on the type of chemodenervation. CPT® also takes the step of listing conditions in the chemodenervation code descriptors, which might cause confusion when you're trying to prove medical necessity for the service. The conditions [...]
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