Billing & Coding: Important ICD-10 Coding Changes

Welcome to your billing and coding weekly solutions by H.J. Ross Company where getting your bills paid is what we do best!

Are you keeping up with all of the 2022 ICD-10 coding changes that were effective October 1st?

There are new codes for “non-radiographic” spondylarthritis, M45.A0 to M45.AB.

Back pain is the hallmark of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. “Non-radiographic” means the disease causes symptoms, but there is no visible damage on X-ray.

There are codes for Sjogren’s syndrome, having an identification of such, and not just “sicca” syndrome, M35.00 to M35.09.

There are also updates to codes for cough that identify cough with greater specificity. The new codes for cough are R05.1 to R05.9.

Remember to always verify your codes are current and to the highest level of specificity. 

Thankfully, H.J. Ross & Company has over 40 years of experience in dealing with a wide range of chiropractic billing issues.

H.J. Ross Company understands billing with incorrect chiropractic CPT codes can lead to claim rejections and delays in payments, which can have a devastating impact on generating revenue and keeping you in business. 

If you are experiencing insurance claim denial, staff spending too much time trying to get claims paid, and patients asking why their claims have not been paid then H. J. Ross Company is your solution.

H.J. Ross Company stays ahead of the curve on the latest trends and changes in billing and coding by utilizing their direct channel of communication with the insurance companies and organizations that set the guidelines.

There is a reason chiropractors have trusted H.J. Ross Company with their business for over 40 years.