Hi guys, I currently code for a Pain Specialist and he does Follow up appts 1 day and procedures another day. Never on the same day. We are getting a neurosurgeon to replace our pain specialist who will be doing the same procedures(and a lot more).

My question is, the neurosurgeon does Office visits and some procedures on patients the same day. If all I have is one diagnosis(say they came in with low back pain and same visit he decided they needed to shot in the back), is there a way of getting paid for both? :confused: He has told us that he has done that forever and that we can get paid for both but from my coding experience, if there is a procedure, we would have to have another dx to use in order to get paid.

Thank you.

Kelly Armstrong, CPC