R07.81 — Pleurodynia
ICD-10-CM
Prior Authorization
No Prior Auth Required
Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)
Documentation Required
- All documentation must be maintained in the patient's medical record, be legible, include appropriate patient identification (e.g., full name, dates of service), and be available to the contractor upon request.
- The medical record must identify the physician or non-physician practitioner responsible for and providing the care.
- The submitted medical record must support the selected diagnosis code(s) and the submitted CPT/HCPCS code must accurately describe the service performed.
- Medical records must be maintained and available upon request; every page must be legible and include patient identification (e.g., full name, dates of service) and identify the physician or non-physician practitioner responsible for care.
Key Coverage Criteria
- Regional or local nerve blocks performed as part of an operative procedure (e.g., adjunct to or sole means of regional/local anesthesia for the procedure) are not affected by this non-coverage policy and may be billed as anesthesia for the operative procedure.
- Regional or local nerve blocks performed as an adjunct to, or as the sole means of, regional/local anesthesia for an operative procedure are not affected by this noncoverage policy (i.e., such intraoperative regional/local anesthesia is allowed).
- Coverage for non-emergent outpatient stress testing is subject to the reasonable and necessary requirements in Local Coverage Determination L35083 and is allowed only when L35083 clinical criteria are met.
- Non-invasive vascular diagnostic tests are covered when ordered by the treating practitioner or a consulting physician who will use the results to manage the beneficiary's specific medical problem.
- A documented referral/order must be on record for each individual non-invasive vascular study performed for coverage to apply.
- Cerebrovascular arterial duplex follow-up is covered annually for stenosis 20–49% (diameter reduction).
20 Active Policies
A56758 — Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
J06
A57452 — Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
J06
L36850 — Peripheral Nerve Blocks
J06
L33627 — Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
J06
L33583 — Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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