Fwd: New Dysphagia Diagnosis Codes Begin in October from ASHA
innamuri Srikanth
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From: Lemmietta McNeilly <LMcN...@asha.org>
Date: Sep 19, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: New Dysphagia Diagnosis Codes Begin in October
To: ASHA Headlines <asha-he...@lists.asha.org>
Dear Headliners:
New Dysphagia Diagnosis Codes Begin in October
This is a reminder that beginning on October 1, 2007, there will be new International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for dysphagia. They are the result of an ASHA recommendation for more specificity in dysphagia classification.
787.20 Dysphagia, unspecified
787.21 Dysphagia, oral phase
787.22 Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
787.23 Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
787.24 Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
787.29 Other dysphagia
An expected scenario for the use of the new codes is a physician referral of a patient with a diagnosis of 787.20 to a speech-language pathologist for a swallowing assessment. The speech-language pathologist can use one of the new dysphagia functional disorder codes following the completion of the swallowing assessment. Please visit the website for more detailed information about the dysphagia and other codes by clicking the link http://www.asha.org/members/issues/reimbursement/coding/newICD9.
Please contact reimbu...@asha.org if you have any questions about the new ICD-9-CM dysphagia codes.
Lemmietta G. McNeilly, PhD., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Chief Staff Officer, Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
301/897-0108 Telephone
Yours truly,
Srikath
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innamuri Srikanth <audiol...@gmail.com> wrote:
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