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Migraine With Prodrome

Published on Wed Apr 20, 2022

Question: During a level-three office evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient, the provider diagnosed the patient with “migraine w/prodrome, no status migrainosus.” What is migraine with prodrome, and how do I code this encounter? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: The term “prodrome” could throw you, but it is merely a synonym for aura. So on your claim, you should append [...]
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