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Does anyone know how to get Medicare to pay nutritional therapy (97802, 97803) when the patient has chronic kidney disease stage 3?
Recently, N18.3, Chronic kidney disease stage 3, has been deemed an unbillable code. The available codes to replace N18.3 are N18.30, N18.31, and N18.32. In the past, we would use N18.3 and it would get paid by MDC. We've been using N18.30 (CKD stage 3, unspecified) to use for nutritional therapy on our Medicare patients. Medicare is now denying N18.30. Can someone please advise?
Recently, N18.3, Chronic kidney disease stage 3, has been deemed an unbillable code. The available codes to replace N18.3 are N18.30, N18.31, and N18.32. In the past, we would use N18.3 and it would get paid by MDC. We've been using N18.30 (CKD stage 3, unspecified) to use for nutritional therapy on our Medicare patients. Medicare is now denying N18.30. Can someone please advise?
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