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1 1 COMMONLY BILLED CODES SPINAL CORD STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC PAIN-TRUNK AND/OR LIMBS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2018 2 medtronic provides this information for your convenience only. It does not constitute legal advice or a recommendation regarding clinical practice. Information provided is gathered from third-party sources and is subject to change without notice due to frequently changing laws, rules and regulations. medtronic makes no guarantee that the use of this information will prevent differences of opinion or disputes with Medicare or other payers as to the correct form of billing or the amount that will be paid to providers of service.

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3 The following information is calculated per the footnotes included and does not take into effect Medicare payment reductions resulting from sequestration associated with the Budget Control Act of 2011. Sequestration reductions went into effect on April 1, 2013. ICD-10-CM1 Diagnosis CODES Diagnosis CODES are used by both physicians and hospitals to document the indication for the procedure. Pain CODES from the G89 series are used as the principal diagnosis when the encounter is for pain control or pain management, rather than for management of the underlying condition. Neurostimulation Therapy is directed at managing chronic, intractable pain rather than treating the underlying disorder.

4 When a patient is admitted for insertion of a neurostimulator for pain control, the pain code is sequenced as the principal Additional CODES may then be assigned to identify the underlying cause as well to give more detail about the nature and location of the pain. When the encounter is for a procedure aimed at treating the underlying condition and a neurostimulator is also inserted for pain control, the underlying disorder is assigned as the principal diagnosis. However, an encounter specifically to insert a neurostimulator is most common. Chronic Pain Disorders Central pain syndrome Other chronic pain Chronic pain syndrome Note: Pain must be specifically documented as chronic to use code Similarly, the diagnostic term chronic pain syndrome must be specifically documented to assign code If not documented, then symptom CODES for pain may be assigned although they cannot be sequenced as principal diagnosis.

5 Rather, the underlying condition would ordinarily be used as the principal diagnosis in this circumstance. Complex regional pain syndrome I of right upper limb Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I, CRPS I) Complex regional pain syndrome I of left upper limb Complex regional pain syndrome I of upper limb, bilateral Complex regional pain syndrome I of unspecified upper limb Complex regional pain syndrome I of right lower limb Complex regional pain syndrome I of left lower limb Complex regional pain syndrome I of lower limb, bilateral Complex regional pain syndrome I of unspecified lower limb Note.

6 ICD-10-CM does not have a default code for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ; type I or II must be specified. Pain CODES from the G89 series should not be assigned separately with the CODES for reflex sympathetic dystrophy because pain is a known component of this disorder. FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US AT CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE SPINAL CORD STIMULATION COMMONLY BILLED CODES 3 ICD-10-CM1 Diagnosis CODES continued Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome II, CRPS II) Causalgia of unspecified upper limb Causalgia of right upper limb Causalgia of left upper limb Causalgia of bilateral upper limbs Causalgia of unspecified lower limb Causalgia of right lower limb Causalgia of left lower limb Causalgia of bilateral lower limbs Note: ICD-10-CM does not have a default code for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ; type I or II must be specified.

7 Pain CODES from the G89 series should not be assigned separately with the CODES for causalgia because pain is a known component of this disorder. Arachnoiditis Chronic meningitis Meningitis, unspecified Peripheral Neuropathy Unspecified mononeuropathy of unspecified upper limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of right upper limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of left upper limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of bilateral upper limbs Unspecified mononeuropathy of unspecified lower limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of right lower limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of left lower limb Unspecified mononeuropathy of bilateral lower limbs Epidural Fibrosis Meningeal adhesions, spinal, cerebral Radiculopathy Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy.

8 Unspecified cervical region Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracic region Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbar region Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region Radiculopathy, cervical region Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region Radiculopathy, thoracic region Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region Radiculopathy, lumbar region Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region SPINAL CORD STIMULATION COMMONLY BILLED CODES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 4 ICD-10-CM1 Diagnosis CODES continued Post laminectomy Syn-drome Post laminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified Breakdown (mechanical) of implanted electronic neurostimulator of spinal cord electrode (lead) Device Complications3,4 Breakdown (mechanical)

9 Of implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of spinal cord electrode (lead) Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator Other mechanical complication of implanted electronic neurostimulator of spi-nal cord electrode (lead) Other mechanical complication of implanted electronic neurostimulator, gen-erator Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimula-tor of spinal cord, electrode (lead) Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimula-tor generator Hemorrhage due to nervous system prosthetic devices, implants and grafts Pain due to nervous system prosthetic devices, implants and grafts Other specified complication of nervous system prosthetic devices, implants and grafts5 Attention to Device6 Encounter for adjustment and management of neuropacemaker (brain, periph-eral nerve, spinal cord) SPINAL CORD STIMULATION COMMONLY BILLED CODES 1.

10 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). Updated October 1, 2017. Accessed November 21, 2017. 2. ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2018, (a). 3. When a device complication is the reason for the encounter, the device complication code is sequenced as the primary diagnosis followed by a code for the underlying condi-tion. If the purpose of the encounter is directed toward the underlying condition or the device complication arises after admission, the underlying condition is sequenced as the primary diagnosis followed by the device complication code.