tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 5

Coding Coach: Brush Up On Pain Management Procedures And Codes Before OIG Comes Calling

Know what specialists do to win the coding battle As pain management continues to grow, your coding accuracy depends on understanding the subtleties between specialties. If your physicians are branching into the area of interventional pain management, the following tips can help you report their services accurately.Check Differences Between PM and IPM Pain management specialists are board-certified physicians who study pain and perform manipulations and small injections (such as trigger point injections, 20552, Injection[s]; single or multiple trigger point[s], one or two muscle[s]; and 20553, ... single or multiple trigger point[s], three or more muscles) to help relieve patients'...

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