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Podiatry Class Findings
by Wyn Staheli, Director of Content February 11th, 2017
The following modifiers are required when reporting medically necessary routine foot care services per Medicare guidelines:
Q7: One Class A finding
Q8: Two Class B findings
Q9: One Class B and two Class C findings
Usage:
Appropriate: With foot care (podiatry) codes to indicate covered foot care
Inappropriate:
With any code not related to foot care
When the foot care is routine and does not meet CMS medical necessity guidelines
Definitions
Class A Findings (Q7)
Non traumatic amputation of foot or integral skeletal portion thereof
Class B Findings (Q8)
Absent posterior tibial pulse
Absent dorsalis pedis pulse
Advanced trophic changes; three of the following are required:
hair growth (decrease or absence)
nail changes (thickening)
pigmentary changes (discoloration)
skin texture (thin, shiny)
skin color (rubor or redness)
Class C Findings (Q9)
Claudication
Temperature changes
Edema
Paresthesia
Burning
Podiatry Class Findings. (2017, February 11). Find-A-Code Articles. Retrieved from https://www.findacode.com/articles/podiatry-class-findings-30349.html
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