Boost Your Seizure and Cognitive Testing Coding

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2011 ICD-9 code changes, ICD-9 Codes, Medical Coding

However, you should keep using 724.3 for spinal stenosis.

Do not overlook the 2011 ICD-9 code changes that may affect how your neurosurgery practice uses cognition codes later this year. Read on and stay ahead.

724.03 puts more detail into EMG testing

The 2011 ICD-9 code changes expand disease subcategories to provide more specific descriptions. New diagnosis codes that provide additional specificity can certainly be considered a positive for medical coders on the lookout to provide more accurate claims.

One such instance is with new code 724.03

Neurosurgeons may carry out diagnostic neuromuscular electrodiagnostic tests to determine whether the symptoms in a patient's extremities can be classified as neurogenic claudication due to stenosis.

At present, ICD-9 doesn't include a specific diagnosis for neurogenic claudication. Until October 1, you will need to discuss the case with your doctor to get a better understanding of the condition so that you can select the most accurate diagnosis.

The new proposed ICD-9 code offers a more specific diagnosis that'll allow differentiation between the two types of claudication. There was no good way to code this often-documented diagnosis previously other than to capture only the lumbar spinal stenosis.

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