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Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

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Published on Wed Apr 03, 2013

Question: Our neurologist assessed a stroke patient for aphasia and reported ICD-9 code 438.11 (Aphasia). How do we report this assessment?
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Answer: You report code 96105 (Assessment of aphasia [includes assessment of expressive and receptive speech and language function, language comprehension, speech production ability, reading, spelling, writing, e.g., by Boston Diagnostic Aphasia [...]
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