As the summer winds down and the kids get ready to go back to school we hear more and more questions about ICD-10 for acupuncture from our clients.
One can almost sense the collective tension of the healthcare industry rise as the October 1, 2015 deadline nears. Acupuncture as a medical specialty is lucky in that the range of codes we need to be familiar with for acupuncture insurance billing is relatively limited, 100 diagnosis codes. Can you imagine that some specialties will have to be familiar with thousands of codes?
For our part, as an acupuncture billing company, Holistic Billing Services is busy updating our systems in preparation for the October deadline and creating educational material for the hundreds of acupuncture providers we serve. Here are some of the resources we think you will find helpful in the coming months:
Below is a “cheat sheet” that includes the most common ICD10 diagnosis codes in acupuncture, make sure to print and keep for easy reference around your office:
Link: Common ICD-10 Codes for Acupuncture
Below is a link to an ICD-10 for acupuncture introductory presentation we did recently for an oriental medicine society meeting, it is good primer for the coding changes:
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