tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2022 Issue Q1

ICD-10-CM Coding: Optimize Your Use of 5th, 6th Characters to Ensure Pain-Free Migraine Coding

Migraine may be among your most rule-intensive diagnoses in the ED. Choosing the correct diagnosis code when you see a patient with a migraine attack in the ED is about as involved as it gets in terms of ICD-10 coding. Why? You’ve got to code all the way to the sixth character in order to accurately portray the migraine that the patient is suffering from. Along the way to that final diagnosis, you’ll have to answer questions about type of migraine and the presence or absence of several characteristics. With a few quick tips, however, you’ll...

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