Report 92943 and +92944 for chronic total occlusion. In the session “Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Diagnostics and Therapeutic Procedures” during Regional HEALTHCON 2022, speaker Tyler Griffeth, CPC, CPRC, coding consultant at Intermountain Healthcare, discussed many types of cardiovascular diseases and treatment options. [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate a patient reports complaining of chronic migraine headaches. The patient states that they have had 18 headache days per month lasting longer than four hours each for four months. Average pain rated 6/10. Botox injections have been [...]
Question: When I look up chronic migraine in the ICD-10 alphabetic index, I am directed to G43.709, which appears under the “without aura” codes. Does this mean we should assume that chronic migraines are always without aura? AAPC Forum Participant [...]
Here’s why you’ll need to know intractable, status migrainosus definitions. Migraines are a whole lot of diagnosis codes for a single condition. But it’s such a headache to get the proper ICD-10 code for migraine patients for good reason: there [...]
This debilitating condition has many code variations. You may feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of ICD-10 codes, and figuring out how to select the exact code for your resident’s medical diagnosis can be daunting. Migraines are especially tough — [...]
Hint: Not all symptoms point to the same code. The detailed specificity of ICD-10 is a good thing in many ways, but can sometimes make your job as a coder more difficult because you have so many choices that might [...]
Remember, all symptoms don’t lead to the same code. The detailed specificity of ICD-10 is a good thing in many ways, but can sometimes make your job as a coder more difficult because you have so many choices that might [...]
Hint: Symptoms of partial or temporary paralysis may point to hemiplegic migraine dx. Reporting migraines can be tricky because there are so many different types. And to accurately choose the correct ICD-10 code, you need to know whether the patient [...]
Knowledge of 'aura' can demystify Dx code choice. Since ICD-10 came along with its greater specificity, getting just the right diagnosis for a patient's migraines has gotten a lot tougher. So, naturally, patients who report for treatment of migraines aren't [...]
Knowing what indicates an 'aura' could solidify code choice. Patients who report to a PM specialist for treatment of migraines aren't always easy to diagnose. Since ICD-10 came along with its greater specificity, getting just the right diagnosis for a [...]
