Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
Eliminate 'Physician' Focus From Your E/M Thinking
Descriptors specify more qualified personnel can report E/M services. You now have more bandwidth for [...]
Pinpoint Seizure Type for Other Forms of Epilepsy
Rule out some specific types before you jump over to ‘other’ seizures. Not able to [...]
Intractable epilepsy: Seizures that do not respond to antiepileptic treatment with two or more drugs [...]
Watch Your Codes When Providing Other Services With Nerve Injections or Needle EMGs
Some edits point you to reporting nerve injection, others don’t. Each new year signals new [...]
Choose E/M or 96116 for MSE
Question: Can we report 96116 (Neurobehavioral status exam [clinical assessment of thinking, reasoning and judgment, [...]
Distinguish Muscle, Nerve for Botulinum Toxin
Question: Our physician injected Botox® in the thoracic muscle. Do we report code 64614 (Chemodenervation [...]
Earn For Discontinued Procedures with Modifier 53
Question: Our neurologist was performing a trigeminal nerve block, 64400 (Injection, anesthetic agent; trigeminal nerve, [...]
Verify Location Before Choosing Fluoro Code for Interlaminar Block
Question: Do payers allow you to report fluoroscopy in conjunction with an interlaminar epidural block? [...]
Check for Current Codes, But NCS/Nerve Block Edit Still Applies
Question: I’m looking for help with billing a peripheral nerve block on the same day [...]