tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2010 Issue 2

READER QUESTIONS: Without 5th Digit, No Migraine Dx is Complete

Question: A patient presents to the ED with complaints of a headache that's worsening daily. He is experiencing visual blurring and nausea but no vomiting. This is the third headache of this nature in three weeks, and it has lasted "four or five days." Documentation indicates a detailed examination and history; after performing the assessment and speaking to the patient, the physician documents migraine with typical aura and status migrainosus. Treatment options include acute intervention with prescription, but the physician feels the patient needs to add prophylactic medicine treatments, since the headaches appear to be reoccurring. What migraine...

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