tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 12

ICD-9 UPDATE ~ Use These New Diagnosis Codes for Patients With Pain

338 series unveiled to represent acute, chronic pain ED coders now have a host of new diagnosis codes to add to their claims, thanks to the beefed up ICD-9 manual for 2007. Since October 1, when the codes took effect, ED coders have had the option of representing their patients- acute and chronic pain complaints with new diagnosis codes from the 338 code series. But there are very specific instances in which you should actually use the new codes, experts say.-The pain codes are to define unspecified pain areas or to be used as secondary codes to specify...

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