ICD-10 coding updates take effect on Oct. 1st every year for the subsequent 12 months, and this year is no exception for some codes you may be currently using or will use. Any dates of service after 10-1-2024 require use of the updated codes. If the date of service was prior to Oct. 1st, then use the old code, regardless of the date of billing.
Below is a summary of the code updates that are pertinent to chiropractic. Lumbar and lumbosacral disc degeneration codes update to five characters; and codes are more granular to describe discogenic back pain only, pain in the leg only, pain the back and leg, or no mention of pain.
There is also a new code for dysfunction of the multifidus muscles of the lumbar spine; as well as new codes for greater specificity of tenosynovitis.
Lumbar Disc Codes
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Lumbosacral Disc Codes
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Extremity Codes
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Editor’s Note: Sam’s discussion of the latest ICD-10 code changes appears in the December 2024 print issue of Dynamic Chiropractic.
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