SPINAL PROCEDURES WITH CC OR SPINAL NEUROSTIMULATORS DRG Code 029
Subscribe to Codify by AAPC and get the code details in a flash.
Official Code Descriptor
Crosswalks & Fee Schedule
Coding Alert(s)
- Coding Quiz Answers: Check Your Answers to our End-of-Year Coding Quiz - (Nov 23, 2022)
How much do you recall about recent coding changes? Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below. Answer 1: On Jan. 1, 2022, CPT® added the following definition of foreign bodies [...]
- News You Can Use: View the New 2023 Blood Disorder Dx Codes - (Jul 26, 2022)
Time to put these new VWD, HIT, and HUS codes at your fingertips. Changes to the D50-D89 (Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism) code range in ICD-10-CM 2023 are extensive. And Oct. [...]
- Reader Questions: Eye Conjunctivitis Dx Carefully - (Jun 13, 2022)
Question: A patient presents with eye irritation and discharge. After a level-three ED evaluation and management (E/M) service, the provider diagnoses “mucopur. conjunctivitis.” I have found the heading for H10.0- (Mucopurulent conjunctivitis), but I am having trouble zeroing in on the [...]
- Polyp Diagnosis Coding: Specify Location to Pinpoint the Right Colon Polyp Diagnosis Codes - (Jul 20, 2021)
Don’t be vague when seeking polyp location. When selecting a diagnosis code for a polyp removal, you should answer these three basic questions: 1. What was the polyp’s specific location? For polyps in the colon, documentation should indicate the specific [...]
- Diagnosis Coding: Lack Of Coding Specificity In Feds’ Crosshairs, Rule Indicates - (Jul 13, 2021)
Plus: Skyrocketing utilization shows one reason why the industry is singled out for scrutiny. Don’t be surprised to see Medicare start putting certain diagnoses on the no-code list for hospice patients. In the rule published in the April 14 Federal [...]
- Know Your Facts: Watch For Diagnosis Coding Crackdown Ahead For Hospices - (Apr 30, 2021)
Plus: For-profit hospices continue to proliferate, to CMS’ apparent chagrin. Hospices have been able to keep up with industry statistics thanks to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual report to Congress, but Medicare’s new hospice proposed rule signals action may [...]
- Reader Question: Trample Those TRAP Syndrome Diagnosis Mistakes - (Mar 15, 2019)
Question: What would the ICD-10 code be for TRAP syndrome? The patient is carrying twins. However, one of the twins is malformed, and twin A’s heart is carrying full responsibility for both twins. They are not conjoined. What should I [...]
- Industry Note: Enrollment Application Fee Makes Big Jump - (Nov 30, 2018)
If you thought $569 was a hefty application fee for Medicare enrollment for institutional providers in 2018, get ready for another shock. CMS raised the cost to $586 for Calendar Year 2019. “Using [Bureau of Labor Statistics] BLS data, the [...]
- Industry Note: Institutional Providers See $17 Increase for Medicare Enrollment Fee in 2019 - (Nov 21, 2018)
If you thought $569 was a hefty application fee for Medicare enrollment for institutional providers in CY 2018, get ready for another shock. CMS raised the cost to $586 for CY 2019. “Using [Bureau of Labor Statistics] BLS data, the [...]
- Diagnosis Focus: Do You Know the Best Diagnoses for Azoospermia? - (Oct 17, 2018)
Keep these options in mind for success. Azoospermia is the absence of any sperm in the semen. There are two types: Non-obstructive azoospermia, which usually results from absent intratesticular sperm production. Obstructive azoospermia, which is caused by extra-testicular obstruction or [...]