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. [...]
Larger HHAs tend to participate in bundled payment tests. Is Medicare going to require you to participate in bundled payment models including other providers? The jury is still out, but you may get some clues on the program’s direction from [...]
Do not go by the index when coding for 739 series. When it comes to coding in ICD-10-CM, be careful to cross check from various sources before submitting your claim. This hold true than for chiropractic codes. Here is a [...]
Do not go by the index when coding for 739 series. When it comes to coding in ICD-10-CM, be careful to cross check from various sources before submitting your claim. This hold true than for chiropractic codes. Here is a [...]
Question: What diagnosis codes can we submit for a patient who presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: You can report 739.3 (Nonallopathic lesions of lumbar region, not [...]
Question: We generally use 739.x codes for spinal subluxation. However, can I also use 739.0 (Nonallopathic lesions, not elsewhere classified; head region), as the ICD-9 code for a patient who presents with a non-healing lesion of the head? Rhode Island [...]
Question: A patient presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region, and the chiropractor performs CMT to the lumbar and sacral spine. Which codes do we report? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: You can [...]
Question: A patient presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region, and the chiropractor performs CMT to the lumbar and sacral spine. Which codes do we report? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: [...]
ICD-10 offers more definitive codes for cervical spondylosis, stenosis, subluxation, and somatic dysfunction. Here are answers to the quiz questions for conditions that can cause neck pain. When reporting pain the neck, bear in mind that not all conditions may [...]
Keep an eye on what the LCDs reveal. There has been significant speculation regarding how Medicare will adapt subluxation diagnosis coding for ICD-10. Now chiropractics finally have some clarity regarding this limited subset of codes that demand increased specificity. The [...]
