tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 20

PAIN MANAGEMENT: Make Sure You Follow Medicare's New Nerve Injection Modifier Rules

CMS changes could put more money in your pocketAs every coder knows, CMS updates can contain helpful surprises that can make your job a little easier. One of the latest updates, issued last month, is no exception to the rule.  Bilateral Status Indicators Change Effective April 1, many of your 644xx somatic nerve procedure codes changed their bilateral status indicators to 1, which means that Medicare will allow you to report bilateral services and will process them for payment, says Marvel J. Hammer, RN, CPC, CCS-P, ACS-PM, CHCO, with MJH Consulting in Denver.-Previously, these codes carried a...

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