Detail: ICD-9 PAIN MANAGEMENT CODES - 2006

ICD-9 PAIN MANAGEMENT CODES

THESE ARE PAIN MANAGEMENT RELATED DIAGNOSTIC CODES generally accepted by insurance for the practice of acupuncture. This is not a comprehensive list of ICD-9 2006 diagnosis codes. Please refer to the ICD-9 CM Code Book of Payment published by the American Medical Association. Tel: 1 (800) 621-8335

Codes must be used within your scope of practice. If your practice is by referral or if you use biomedical codes, you must have a biomedical report from a physician or DC on file to support an biomedical diagnostic code you use. There are legal repercussion for using codes beyond your legal scope of practice.

Common Pain Management Diagnosis Codes 2004–These codes will state usually state ”unspecified” following the number in your ICD-9 code book. ”Unspecified” allows acupuncturists more freedom of use within their scope of practice.

Abdominal Pain - 789.0
Acne (unspecified disease of sebaceous glands) - 706. 9
Allergies - 995.3
Anxiety- 300.0
Arthritis - 716. 9
Arthritis, Rheumatoid - 714.0
Asthma - 493.9
Bronchitis - 490.0
Bursitis - 727.3
Back Pain - 724.5 (unspecified) Backpain (sciatica is 724.3)
Brachial Neuritis - 723.4
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -354.0
Cervicalgia - 723.1
Cervical Disc Displacement - 722.0
Cervical Sprain/Strain - 847.0
Cervical Spondylosis - 738.4
Colitis - 558.9
Common cold - 460.0
Constipation - 564.0
Contusion - 924.9
Cystitis - 595.0
Dysmenorrhea - 625.3
Headache - 784.0
Lateral Epicondylitis - 726.32
Lumbago - 724.2
Malaise / fatigue - 780.7
Myalgia - 729.1
Neuralgia - 729.2
Pain, Ankle - 719.47
Pain, symptoms involving head and neck - 784.0
Pain, Elbow - 719.42
Pain, Foot - 719.47
Pain, Hand- 719.44
Neuralgia, neuritis, and radiculitis, unspecified - 729.2
Pain, Limb - 729.5
Pain, Knee - 719.46
Pain, Shoulder - 719.41
Radiculopathy - 729.2
Sciatic Neuralgia - 724.3
Sprain, Ankle -845.00
Sprain,Cervical -847.00
Sprain, Lumbar -847.2
Sprain, and strains of the sacroiliac region -846.00
Sprain, Medial collateral ligament of knee - 844.1
Sprain, and strain of unspecified site of knee - 844.9
Sprain,Thoracic -847.1
Sinusitis - 473.9
TMJ Syndrome - 524.6
Tendonitis - 726.90

If you are a physician acupuncturists with usage of specified diagnosis (as opposed to unspecified), we recommend the ICD-9 code book for greater detail on CD-ROM OR check your codes on line by going to: www.eicd.com/ESResult.asp

Acubase Software contains these codes on CD-Rom in their insurance billing system. Acubase is available From www.trigram.com and other acupunctured software companies.



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