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ICD-10:

Laterality Is Key For Sciatica Coding

Published on Wed Oct 29, 2014

Don’t forget to confirm lumbago with sciatica. ICD-10 will offer more specific codes for sciatica. There isn’t a one-to-one match for ICD-9 options because laterality will guide your diagnosis reporting in 2015. Check out these coding equivalents for sciatica.  What is sciatica? Sciatica means the patient presents with compression to the sciatic nerve. The patient will typically complain of symptoms [...]
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