tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 27

Coding Coach: Get The Skinny On 2009 Migraine Codes Now To Avoid October Denials

ICD-9 plans more specific options for chronic migraines, status migraines and more You may have up to 30 new migraine codes in the 2009 pipeline to help you with pain management coding. ICD-9 will expand the 346.XX (Migraine) coding series to its highest degree of specificity ever. Here's a handy rundown of the new migraine coding series that is bound to make your job a whole lot easier as of Oct. 1.The new deal: CMS recently released its preliminary ICD-9 2009 list, set to go into effect Oct. 1, 2008, and we've got a sneak peek at...

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