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 2004These 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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use of these codes and by downloading them in no way holds the
publisher liable for the publishing of these codes, whether by
error or omission or otherwise.
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