Pain Management Corner: Verify Treatment Site to Pinpoint the Correct Codes for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Tip: Narrow anatomy options to simplify code selection.

When your pain management specialist treats trigeminal neuralgia, verifying the site and structure approached makes all the difference in your coding. Read on for four simple steps toward coding success and deserved payment.

Brush Up On Anatomy Basics

Knowing cranial nerve anatomy simplifies your code selection. The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve, and is a mixed nerve with a predominant sensory component. It mainly supplies innervations to the face through the three branches: the ophthalmic nerve (V1), the maxillary nerve (V2), and the mandibular nerve (V3). The three nerves converge on [...]

- Published on 2011-09-14