Thanks for everybody's input.
Becki, when you code then do you use just the complaints and signs and symptoms and don't worry about using the 739 codes for spinal regions? Do I understand correctly? That would be much easier for the doc to understand.
I thought that he would have to use the regions as three diagnosis and only one diagnosis for the primary code, that really limited him.
I understand that medicare needs all of the codes applicable to the treatment.
Thank you
Cyndi Ploense, CPCDenali Medical Billing, Inc.